The “Write a Book in a Day” competition is a fun, creative challenge that sees budding writers and illustrators create a book in just one day! Perfect for helping unlock creativity, the competition encourages literacy, teamwork, and resilience. Eligible books will be shortlisted and submitted to a judging panel who will decide the winners of the book awards and prizes! And the incredible part is, digital editions of the completed stories are made available online and shared with hospitals across Australia. Funds raised through sponsorship go to The Kids’ Cancer Project, a national charity supporting childhood cancer research.
Tuesday 11th September was our annual “Write a Book in a Day” enrichment incursion. There were 5 Teams of students; 4 from the SS and 1 team from the JS, in the Marian Centre for the day, writing and illustrating a book to submit by 4pm. The Team members were:
Year 10 – Lucas Ryan, Liam King, Ethan Kenney, Mitchell Williams, Micah Pace, Leon Leejo, Connor Rose, Jacobi Fernando, Avaneesh Chavan, Isaac Cooper
Year 9 – Sacha Colompar, Jeremy Price, Alvin Mamala, Declan McManus, Kai Summerland, Campbell Hodgson, Aleksandr Zyffert, Lachlan Selby
Year 8 – Connor Dawson, Aiden Cameron, Eoin Richards, Benjamin Collins, Cameron Parsons, Lenny Ursino, George McKenzie, Maksim Kholodov, Edward Preferment, Benjamin Moore
Year 7 – Disas Gunathilaka, William Barrett, Braxton Catford- Potter, Mylo Grimston, Koby Claxton, Lawson Sutton, Jacob Muscat, Zac Zorbas, Toby Morrisey, Luke Shaggal
Junior School (Year 5) Charlie Quig, Amelia Gillard, Charlie Hoyle, Jessica Ruksens, Ava Haddad and (Year 6) Addisson Day, Siena Austin, Zoe Kouliatsis, Polly McGovern, William Mumford
Collectively, we have raised a total of $3310 to date in sponsorship from the day which also goes to The Kids Cancer project.
Some of our student reflections have been included below.
Thank you very much for the opportunity to participate in the Write a book in a day program. I believe it is a fantastic program for both the poor people who are in hospital, suffering with cancer to distract them and also for those who write the books. It is a great day to bring many different people with varying talents to work together for a great cause. I found it was a really fun experience and I enjoyed working with those who I haven’t worked with before, bouncing ideas off each other so that we can create the best story. It made us think creatively and well outside the box with the difficult criteria, such as having to relate a movie director, a construction worker and a penguin. I found it was not only good to make me think in a different way, but also in having fun and a great bonding experience, all so that those who are suffering in hospital can have a brief distraction.
Mitchell Williams Year 10
Write A Book in A Day was a fantastic experience. Being able to collaborate with peers and create a book with some wild, whacky, and weird prompts was a challenge we all took on. In the end, we created an excellent book that we hope can bring some happiness to kids in need.
Lachlan Selby Year 9
WABIAD allowed me to express my imagination while working in a group setting and brainstorming collaboratively. The idea of also having to hand draw the illustrations for the book as well was a nice touch as that is what I did all day. Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to participate in this great event for a great cause.
Connor Dawson Year 8
Ms Judith Tolomeo
Director of Teaching and Learning