Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week

The Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week will run from 17 October to 23 October.  We will be holding our traditional character dress up day on Tuesday 20 October. There will not be the traditional parade in the hall due to Covid-19 restrictions. Organising students' costumes can be a fun and creative activity particularly with this year's theme of "Curious Creatures Wild Minds". Students have asked about movie characters but they must also be a book character as we are celebrating books. The students will be engaging in activities about books organised by our Year 6 Library leaders, as well as some smaller activities that celebrate books.  

Children's Book Council of Australia ACT Branch Reader's Cup

This year the Children's Book Council of Australia ACT Branch will be running Reader's Cup. On Thursday we have 3 teams competing. The students have been enjoying the five books that they are required to read and have participated in lively discussions about the books. They will then compete with 20 other school teams to answer quiz questions from the books. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the students will participate online here at school between 10am and 1pm. Readers Cup competitions challenge students to read widely, work collaboratively in a team and continue developing a love of reading. Good Luck to Charlize, AJ, Mary, Josephine, Laura, Sam, Darcy, Fletcher, Scarlett, Dylan, Rohan, Paige, Archie and Max.

Redgum Bookfair

We will be holding our book fair in Week 5 of Term 4. Due to Covid-19 restrictions we will not be holding a traditional book fair but a virtual book fair. Students will view the catalogue of books online and write their wishlists and then parents will be able to also go online to view the catalogue and make purchases. Some of the advantages of the virtual book fair are that the book fair will be open 24 hours a day from Monday 9 November to Monday 16 November also giving parents time over the weekend to make purchases. There is a great range and selection of available books with over 1100 products to choose from.