Sydney Girls High School

An Academically Selective Girls High School

Telephone02 9331 2336

Emailsydneygirl-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Ethel Turner Memorial Library

The Ethel Turner Memorial Library is a vital hub of teaching and learning in the school, providing extensive resources to support the educational, recreational, and well-being needs of our students.

 

Physical Resources

  • non-fiction collection that supports the curriculum
  • fiction collection catering to the interests and recreational reading needs of our students
  • books in foreign languages to assist in LOTE study
  • graphic novels 
  • a selection of relevant magazine subscriptions
  • picture books to support the English and Visual Arts curriculum

 

Digital Resources

  • eBooks and Audiobooks subscription
  • information databases for Science, Ancient History, Modern History, Geography, and Bloom's Literature
  • access to academic level journal articles via JSTOR
  • ClickView video library

 

Facilities

  • quiet senior study rooms
  • collaboration spaces
  • comfortable padded seating, lounges, and ottomans
  • premiere presentation space with data projection, microphone, and speakers

 

Services

  • IT helpdesk
  • loan laptops
  • photocopying, printing and scanning
  • laminating
  • research assistance

 

Activities

  • student-led magazine
  • book club
  • collaborative jigsaws
  • scrabble club
  • lunchtime groups (e.g. D&D)
  • Premier’s Reading Challenge