Library News
Teacher: Mrs Catherine McKenna
Email: cmckenna@stidrouin.catholic.edu.au
AUTHOR VISIT
Last Friday we enjoyed a morning with author, George Ivanoff. The Grade 3-6 students were inspired further to read his books through his storytelling and learning about his writing process. They can now make connections as to why he wrote the stories and the research he does before writing. We certainly learned a lot from him.
Book orders will be arriving shorty! We also have many of his books in our library for the students to borrow.
The students who pre-purchased books got them signed!
PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE
Congratulations to the first 6 students to compete the Premier’s Reading Challenge.
Nathan, Holly and Natalie Hately, Lilly Winterton, Nardya Hart and Izzy Simsir.
It ends on September 8th! Keep up the great reading up everyone!
BOOK WEEK CELEBRATION DAY
FRIDAY 25th AUGUST
This year’s theme is Read, Grow, Inspire. Students may dress as a book character or dress to the theme.
Our parade will be in the hall.
Grades F-2: 9:10 and Grades 3-6: 10:15. Parents and families welcome!
Book Week is all about celebrating reading, Australian literature, and libraries.
The joy of seeing the children’s faces as they celebrate all things books and reading is worth it. If we can make costumes easier, hopefully Book Week will be easier for parents, students, and staff.
Book Week Costumes- TIPS
- Make it easy. Use what you have in your wardrobe, dress-up box or craft box.
- Homemade costumes are awesome. Costumes shouldn’t have to cost you much.
- Student-driven costume choices make the student more comfortable in what they are wearing and builds excitement.
- It’s okay to work backwards from the costume to the book.
- No costume is wrong. Movie character, book related t-shirt. Honestly, everything is okay if it makes the student (or staff member) comfortable enough to dress up. You can even make a school uniform work.
- If you don’t have a copy of the book, print out a copy of the book cover and attach it to your costume in some way. You could safety pin it to the front or back of your costume or attach it to string or a lanyard around your neck. It makes it easy for others to see who you are dressed up as, relates it back to the book (which, let’s not forget, what it’s all about) and can make even a simple outfit a character-related costume.
BOOK SWAP
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.
AUDIO BOOKS
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.
