Teacher: Mrs Catherine McKenna

Email: cmckenna@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au

Today was National Simultaneous Storytime. Our students listened to the Speedy Sloth by Rebecca Young. In library classes leading up to today the Foundation to Grade 4 students have become familiar with the book’s characters and theme, the author and illustrator and they have learnt many facts about sloths! If you would like to listen the book, click the link below, where it is read from the Singapore Zoo.

Each year we participate in NSS and our students remember year to year the great books that we have read!! NSS receives positive media coverage and generates a great deal of community interest. 2022 was the biggest and most successful NSS to date with over 2.18 million participants at over 59 thousand locations!

The Speedy Sloth read from Singapore Zoo

Story Box Library

Just a reminder to parents and new families that we have a subscription to Story Box Library. There is a link to the website below, or you can download the app. I encourage you to try it out.

Audiobooks

If your child isn’t into reading, or if they haven’t found the genre that they love yet, get them listening to audio books. Also known as ear-reading, it’s a great way for our students to explore and develop a love of story. I use the app BorrowBox which is free through the Local Community Library-Myli.