Library and Maker Space News
Welcome Back
We trust that everyone had an opportunity to relax and squeeze in some reading over the winter break – cold and wet days are an awesome time to curl up with a great book. Term 3 is another busy term in the Library with our annual celebration of children’s literature in August.
Book Week
Our annual Book Week celebrations are scheduled for 20th - 26th of August. Students have already been working hard to help us prepare art works to display in the Library to promote this year’s theme, “Dreaming with Eyes Open”.
We have planned some exciting activities to help us celebrate Book Week. Our Character Costume Parade will be held on Wednesday the 24th of August from 9.00 a.m. on the oval. We cannot wait to see all of the awesome costumes! Students are welcome to come and work in the maker space on Fridays at first break to create costume elements in preparation for the costume parade in August.
We also have Meerkat Productions returning to perform a live-action retelling of two of the books that have been nominated to win prizes during Book Week. This year’s books are “Stellarphant” for lower school students and “The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel” for upper school students. We hope everyone is able to join us for these events.
During Book Week each year the Children’s Book Council of Australia award prizes to Australian authors in 6 different categories. This year’s shortlisted books for the Early Childhood Book of the Year and Picture Book of the Year categories are shown below.
Our picks from these two categories are “Winston and The Indoor Cat” which tells the story of two very different characters who step out of their comfort zones and become friends; and “Stellarphant” a story about the resilience and perseverance of Stella the elephant who is determined to become an astronaut.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2022 is still running. To complete the challenge students in Prep – Year 4 need to read 20 books, and students in Year 5 and Year 6 need to read 15 books. Reading record sheets are available from class teachers and from the Library.
Have a great week!
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.