Learning Commons at the CBE
Today’s learners cannot imagine life without the internet and supporting technology. The concept of the traditional library is changing to include technology, online tools and spaces for collaboration and exploration.
School Literary Materials Selection
Related to Ministerial Order (#034/2025), Standards for the Selection, Availability, and Access of School Library Materials, CBE has published an administrative regulation AR3051: School Literary Materials Selection. Families and community members can request a review or reconsideration of a literary resource in a school's learning commons by completing the School Library Materials Reconsideration Challenge Request through their local school.
CBE also has an eLibrary online tool available to families, students and staff, which is an online catalogue for all CBE school libraries with detailed information on books, DVD’s and other resources that are available to borrow.
Additionally, parents and legal guardians are welcome to review classroom library collections by contacting your child's school.
Grant Funding Revitalizes Our Learning Commons
The learning commons (formerly known as the Library) is the central hub of any school. It should be a place where we can:
- Read and sign out books
- Hear others read to us
- View information created within the school and online
- Work with technology
- Create with a variety of materials
- Have many opportunities to explore and learn about the world about us.
We were fortunate to have received an incredible $35,000 grant through the Education Matters Foundation to undertake and complete a massive transformation. As a staff we attended workshops, planned, purchased and constructed an incredible learning space with this grant. Please make sure you drop into the Learning Commons during your Student Led Conferences to have a look!
What's New in the Learning Commons?
