Last Friday, we finally got to watch Perform Education’s (livestreamed) Book Week Performance ‘Bigger, Better, Brighter’.

ELC – Year 2 were involved in the first session aimed at younger students, then Year 3 – Year 6 completed the second session. It was fabulous fun.

We all had to wait patiently until our livestream began. We participated in the sessions with 4 other schools from across Australia.

There were three sections to the performance with little breaks in between each session. Marley the main character had lost her interest in life, enthusiasm for fun, and hope for the future. Terrible stuff ☹.

Each section in the show dealt with Marley’s feelings and the Book Week books were used to give Marley back her enthusiasm, interest, and hope. There was lots of dancing, acting, calling out and laughing.

During breaks the host asked the classes questions about the production. We had to answer our group responses with our class name. The children loved hearing “Holy Trinity Year 1 W said…” called out on the screen.

Student Reflections:

Liliana 1R: I loved the three different chapters

Finley 1G: It taught us to stay positive and do something you love

Celine 1G: I loved how funny each of the stories were and how the main character popped up everywhere.

Blake 3/4R: I loved the enthusiasm of the host

Liliana 3/4R: I loved the questions and voting we did as a group

Tesia G 3/4G: It was creative and made us interact.

On another note, this week Mrs. Ellen Schofield who volunteers in the library with Year 2 every Tuesday (and was a TA here for 24 years before that) presented us with a book written and signed by her daughter Meredith.  Ellen read snippets of the book to Year 2 and they loved it, as did I.

Keep an eye out for ‘Around Australia at 80ks’ as it is the perfect Christmas gift for grandparents who travel or 20+ year old’s who are off on an adventure. It was only recently released and was No. 1 bestseller in the travel section @ Dymocks.