St Dominic's School, Broadmeadows VIC

The students at St Dominic's School in Broadmeadow, Victoria always get excited for assemblies but when it’s a Book Giving Assembly they are animated. The students have been asking their teachers for weeks and couldn’t wait a moment longer. So they were very eager to get their Books in Homes Book Bags with new books!

This term, Role Model Jackie Kerin, a storyteller, attended the assembly and she was absolutely fabulous. The students were immersed in Jackie's stories and thought she was very funny!

The teachers at St Dominic's School has put together a lovely Powerpoint presentation of the Book Giving Assembly, check it out below!

Budding artists at Hastings Westpark Primary School!

Hastings Westpark Primary School’s Book Giving Assembly was absolutely fantastic!!

Author and Illustrator Gabrielle Wang, was an amazing Books in Homes Role Model!!

Gabrielle taught the students how to draw Peng (pronounced "Pong"), a dragon from her book - The Hidden Monastery.

 The students loved it, the teachers loved it and even the parents loved it and got involved.

The kids are over the moon with their new books, thanks to sponsorship from Mainfreight Australia!

Books in Homes has an app, check it out!

Books in Homes in partnership with Evolve Systems Distribution has developed an "app" which can now be downloaded from The Apple Store for FREE on your iPhone / smartphone / android and ipad / tablet:

• Apple URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/books-in-homes/id586629731?ls=1&mt=8
• Android URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app_bih.layout&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hcHBfYmloLmxheW91dCJd
• HTML5 URL: http://portal.evolvemobile.com.au/html5/?appcode=BIH

We have developed this "app" for a number of reasons including;

1. to find out which books are actually being read and why through a Reading Log;
2. to provide a platform for students, teachers, and parents to easily comment on the Programme;
3. to provide ready access to current Book Catalogues for parents should the Catalogues their children receive not actually make it home;
4. to provide access to the current term's schedules.

We hope that you will check out our new form of FREE communication!!

Should you have any ideas on how we could add this APP, please, we would welcome your comments and suggestions. Please leave a comment below or forward any comments to kimkingston@booksinhomesaustralia.com.au

Should you be interested in developing your own App, we highly recommend Evolve Systems Distribution, who focus is on the following key areas:

• www.Evolvemobile.com.au - a great mobile solution for small business. Mention you are a friend and we will give them special pricing just for March only. Check out www.evolve.mobile.com.au/video
• www.evolvehosting.com.au - we can do beautiful websites and ecommerce solutions at great pricing.
• www.evolvecrm.com.au - this product is in pre-launch phase where we can take on selected clients under special pricing. This is cloud based contact management that sync your customers and stock from your accounting system. We will even have the ability to have a live ecommerce store or customer service portal. Pricing will start from $15 - $50 per month per user.

Kim Kingston
National Operations Coordinator