Children’s Book Council of Australia Book Week 2019 Reading is my secret power

The students have had a wonderful week with books, we have had Drop Everything and Read, Buddy Class activities and storytelling in the library at lunchtime. Today we were visited by Cruella (Ms Markovic) for some fun stories. A highlight of the week was the Book Character parade this morning the creative and thought that has gone into these costumes is amazing and demonstrates the wide range of books that students at St Monica’s engage in and enjoy. The winners for the most creative costumes were:

Kindergarten: Lachlan                     

Year 1: April                                       

Year 2: Arabella                               

Year 3: Willem

Year 4: Ainsleigh and Jye

Year 5: Archie

Year 6 Joseph

Book Week Performance

Next Thursday Meerkat Productions will be performing adaptations of the book “Room on Our Rock” for Kindergarten to Year 3 and “The Peacock Detective” for Year 4-6.  The students have been reading these books in class to prepare them to engage with the performance of these stories.

Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge Ambassador Visit

Last Friday Jack Heath, one of the Chief Minister’ Reading Challenge ambassadors, visited St Monica’s.  He had the students from Years 3-6 captivated as he talked about his journey as a reader and writing his first book “The Lab” as a teenager.  He shared with the students some of his tips for writing a great story that I am sure the students with be trying in their next story.

There are approximately 3 weeks left for students to complete the challenge of reading 30 books.  When the students have finished the challenge they can return their record sheets to the library.