What a full and exciting term it has been for our students in the Junior School Library. It’s always buzzing with learning - questions, discussions, inquiring, researching and consolidating.
Some highlights have been:
Our learning around the 2024 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Shortlist.
(Insert picture of shortlist on wall)
The 2024 CBCA Winners are:
- Book of the Year: Younger Readers- Scar Town by Tristan Bancks
- Book of the Year: Early Childhood- Gymnastica Fantastica by Briony Stewart
- Book of the Year: Picture Book- Timeless by Kelly Canby
- Book of the Year: Eve Pownall Award- Country Town by Isolde Martyn & Robyn Ridgeway
- Book of the Year: New Illustrator Award- Hope is the Thing by Johanna Bell
Book Week Dress Up Parade.
The theme this year was “Reading Is Magic”. Students and teachers enjoyed dressing up for the day and having fun at the parade! It was also great that so many people in our school community joined us- thank you!
Nathan Luff Visit
We were very fortunate to have children’s author, Nathan Luff come to our school to do workshops with our students. It was held in the Gregorian Centre during Book Week. Nathan commented on how great the students were at participating and engaging with his stories and content. Well done students! It was also great to see the teachers enjoying it too. What I found excellent about the day was how Nathan was able to change his presentations to appeal to the audience in front of him with age-appropriate content. We had many students who pre-ordered books that were signed by him personally.
5-Word Magic Story Writing Competition
Prior to Book Week, we opened a competition where it was optional to enter a 5-word Magic story competition. We had 145 entries. It was heartwarming to see so many students having fun with it and really thinking of creative stories! There was a winner for each grade. Well done to these students:
Kindergarten - Audrina Frkic - Bibity, Bobity, you’re a princess.
Year 1 - Evelyn Salter - Ring the devil at midnight.
Year 2 - Lincoln Smith - No wizard dares to defeat.
Year 3 - Scarlett Frikic - True loves kiss woke her.
Year 4 - Stella Jensen - The wizard was stuck forever.
Year 5 - Rafaela Etuka - Mysterious beasts spawn at midnight.
Year 6 - Polly McGovern - She disappeared when I blinked.
We look forward to finishing off a great term by engaging with online safety and digital citizenship lessons.
Some handy tips for parents to keep your children safe online are:
1. Set clear ground rules about who they communicate with and how.
2. Use technology to protect them such as parental controls.
3. Spend time with them online, periodically checking profiles, posts and internet use.
4. Model healthy online habits.
5. Let them have fun expressing themselves but encourage open communication with you.
Yours in Library,
Mrs Timmins
Teacher Librarian