By Victoria Stone-Meadows
Newly established Barton Primary School has teamed up with Casey Cardinia Libraries to make sure students, families and teachers get the most out of their library experience.
When the new school in Cranbourne West opened in January, principal Andrew Felsinger realised they would need some help to set up the brand new school library.
Casey Cardinia Library CEO Chris Buckingham said the team at Cranbourne Library jumped at the chance to help the new school get their library up and running and give the school cumminity special access to the library branch.
“The team at our Cranbourne branch were really enthusiastic about making a strong connection with Barton Primary School,” Mr Buckingham said.
“We have strongly held values built on ‘paying it forward’ and ‘looking after the neighbours’.”
In collaboration with students from Chisholm TAFE, the staff at Cranbourne Library organised a book collection for the school and organised for the school to have the best access to the Casey Cardinia Library collection.
Staff at the library will also hold special story times for the students of Barton Primary School and ensure the school library stays well stocked with fun things to read.
“It is a great collaboration,” Mr Felsinger said.
“Our school library has been established and our whole school community is able to borrow large numbers of books directly from the Cranbourne Branch.”
Mr Buckingham said it was very important that libraries played a central role in their communities and encouraged literacy as well as community links.
“Libraries have a vital role to play encouraging lifelong learning, increasing literacy and building strong, resilient communities,” he said.
“We look forward to working with schools and community organisations right across the Casey Cardinia Region on projects that make a difference.”
