4 WEEKS UNTIL OUR SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR BEGINS!

Our book fair is on before (8:15am-9:00am) and after school (3:15-5:00pm) Tuesday 18th May, Wednesday 19th May and Thursday 20th May (Week 5). 

4 WEEKS UNTIL OUR SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR BEGINS!

• Our book fair is on before (8:15am-9:00am) and after school (3:15-5:00pm) Tuesday 18th May, Wednesday 19th May and Thursday 20th May (Week 5). 
• Eftpos and cash facilities will be available. Students will be viewing the books and items available in Week 4 and will bring home a ‘wish list’ (please note- you do not have to purchase all or any of the items on the list). 
• This is our major fundraiser for our school Library and we would love as many children as possible to participate!
• If you think you would like to volunteer to help out with the Book Fair please add your name in the following document- Book Fair Roster. You will need to have a WWVP card and I will provide more details in the coming weeks.

4 WEEKS UNTIL LIFT-OFF!! National Simultaneous storytime is happening on Wednesday 19th May at 11am and all students will participate in the Hall. Scholastic is over the moon to launch Give me some Space! written and illustrated by Philip Bunting for an out of this world event in 2021! The book will be read by an astronaut on board the International Space Station simultaneously with over 1 million kids here on Earth! 

We will be holding some fun competitions to do with NSS in the coming weeks so look out for more details coming soon! 

https://scholastic.com.au/scholastic-in-the-community/national-simultaneous-storytime-2021/

Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge Ambassador Visit for Years K-2

‘Books have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was little, my dad read us children’s classics like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Wind in the Willows. I still have the copy of Alice that my grandmother gave me for my seventh birthday, complete with difficult words underlined in pencil so I could look them up in the dictionary later.’- Dr Stephanie Owen Reeder

We are excited to have Dr Stephanie Owen Reeder coming to speak to grades Kinder- Year 2 on Thursday, 20 May, in her role as Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge Ambassador. Stephanie is an award-winning author, illustrator, editor and book reviewer. Her children’s picture books include: I’ve Got a Feeling! (IBBY Outstanding Book 2011); Trouble in the Surf, illustrated by Briony Stewart (CBCA Notable Book 2020); and her latest book, Australia’s Wild Weird Wonderful Weather, illustrated by Tania McCartney. Stephanie’s Heritage Heroes series of historical novels includes Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea (Winner, NSW Premier’s Young People’s History Prize 2012) and Lennie the Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony (Winner, Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2016). Lennie the Legend is currently being made into a feature film. We would like to thank the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge for facilitating this wonderful opportunity for our students.

Library Lessons for Term 2 have changed for some classes.

Mondays- Year 5M & 5W (on weeks with public holidays students are welcome to come and borrow books on Tuesdays).

Tuesdays- Year 6M, 6W, 3/4M and 3/4B (Year 3 & 4 students need a Library bag to borrow)

Wednesdays- Kinder M, Kinder W, Year 1M and Year 3/4W (remember your Library bag)

Thursdays- Year 1W, Year 2M and Year 2W (remember your Library bag)

Please contact amanda.basedow@cg.catholic.edu.au if you have any questions regarding the Library or borrowing.

Keep reading!

Mrs Basedow