YO HO HO!

What a fantastic turnout for our Bookaneer Book Fair! 

Thank you everyone for your support for our Library fundraiser - what a wonderful three days! I have loved seeing the excitement on the children’s faces! 

Winning Pirate Flag entries:

Thank you to Mr Johns and Mrs Williams for judging our competition - it was a very hard decision! 

Congratulations to the following students: 

Kinder- Ava B KW

Year 1- Amelia D 1M

Year 2- Selene A 2W

Year 3- Grace B 3W

Year 4- David CL 4W

Year 5- Alexandra B 5W

Year 6- Miranda C 6M

We hope you love your book prize!

If you have a book on order from the Book Fair, it will be delivered as soon as it arrives by post from Scholastic. 

National Simultaneous Storytime 

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. Now in its 23nd successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book that explores age-appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Foundation to Year 6.

This year NSS takes place on Wednesday 24 May 2023 at 11am! We will be reading it as a school in the Hall. 

About the book

It was finally time for the event of the year,
Spike couldn’t believe it—
THE GREAT RACE was here!
The other sloths said it couldn’t be done,
but Spike didn’t care, she was ready to run!

About the author
Rebecca Young is an award-winning author from Sydney. Her first book, Button Boy, illustrated by Sue deGennaro, was a Notable Book for the 2012 CBCA Awards and has been published internationally. In 2016, Teacup, illustrated by Matt Ottley, won the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature in the NSW Premier’s Literacy Awards.

About the illustrator
Heath McKenzie is an award-winning children’s book illustrator who has written and illustrated countless books for children. Heath lives in Melbourne with his wife, two kids, dog, and a fish that he considers more of a lodger than a family member.

Please take note of your child or children’s library days. Kinder- Year 4 must have a Library Bag to borrow books to take home. 

I am going to be in the Library Monday- Thursday. Should you have any questions please email me at amanda.basedow@cg.catholic.edu.au

Happy reading! Mrs Basedow