Library News - Veronica Melville
Upcoming Author Visits and Book Preorders
In the coming weeks we are extremely lucky to have 3 fantastic authors visiting our school. On Tuesday 22 August local author Maura Pierlot will be visiting from 3.15pm -4.15pm to share her new picture book and do activities around the book. Parents can come with their children to this event. Team Kids will have an educator attend with their interested students. The book has a sustainability theme and is suitable for all students.
On Friday 25 August we have Sami Bayly visiting. She is the author of "The Illustrated Encyclopedia" series on animals. She will be running 2 workshops, one with Kindergarten and Year 1 and one with Year 6. On Monday 4 September we have Nat Amoore visiting for the day and she will workshop with classes from Year 2- Year 5.
On Thursday 24 August we will be dressed up as book characters. The theme of the CBCA Book Week this year is “Read, Grow, Inspire”. It would be great to see students link their character/ costume to the theme. Students may think about a character that has inspired them. This is also a wonderful opportunity for students to be creative and make a costume, a time to think about what could be recycled, upcycled or repurpose to the costume.
On Mondays we welcome Pen and her dog Frankie from the Story Dogs Program to St Monica’s. They visit the library each Monday morning and read with 4 students from Year 2. The Story dog Program is run across Australia, and they help 2,865 children each week. The program makes reading fun, while helping them read through the joy of reading with a friend. The students loved meeting Frankie, a Labradoodle who loves pats and cuddles. The students thought it was a fun way to engage with their reading and a highlight was feeding Frankie her Frankie treats and shaking her hand. The Book Parade will be our fundraiser event to ensure this wonderful program can continue. All students who dress up are invited to bring a gold coin to donate to the Story Dog Program.