Last week in the library we celebrated National Simultaneous Storytime and Sorry Day. Both were fabulous occasions and enjoyed by all.

Over 1 million school children from Australia and New Zealand were involved in the National Simultaneous Storytime for 2018. The book read was ‘Hickory Dickory Dash’ by Tony Wilson. We watched it altogether in the hall, on the big screen. Each class then had a range of optional activities to complete.

We were then lucky enough to have Coral Vass and Dub Leffler join us on Friday morning to share with us their new book ‘Sorry Day’. Coral was the author and Dub the illustrator.  

K – 6 joined us for the Acknowledgement to Country and the reading of ‘Sorry Day’. Then 3/4 had a session with Dub on being an illustrator and 5/6 went to Coral for a session on being an author, then both classes swapped. We learnt so much about ‘Sorry Day’ and the kids were a fantastic audience. Dub’s illustrations were incredible. The more you look, the more you saw. Dub and Coral’s visit really unpacked their new book for is and gave us a real understadning of "Sorry Day". 

 I do hope that your kids told you a little about the above activities last week.

Happy reading,

Kate x

P.S. Don’t forget that the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge (CMRC) is on.

You very simply download the QR reader app then scan the HT CMRC QR code (below), record your book and hey presto your reading list is sent to me. Codes are also displayed around the school.

Alternatively, you collect a CMRC form from the library.

When 15 books are completed your child / children get a dot next to their name on the display outside of Year 1.

Each dot =
1 raffle ticket for ELC – 2
2 raffle tickets for 3 – 6. `
Books have to be checked by parents and must be age appropriate.

All children are required to complete the challenge.