Welcome to Term Three which is our favourite term in the library as we celebrate Book Week.

We spend the first six weeks of this term looking at the shortlisted books for Book Week. The theme this year is ‘Dreaming with Eyes Open’. We focus on; Picture Book of the Year, Younger Readers Book of the Year, Early Childhood Book of the Year, and the Eve Powell Information Book of the Year - there are six books in each category.

We unpack the books, vote on our favourite books, and complete a range of craft activities related to the nominated books. The celebrations conclude with a Book Week performance (Tuesday, 23^rd August) and the fabulous Book Week parade (Thursday, 25^th August) -the children are already talking about which book character they will come as.

We have prizes for fabulous costumes, announce the ‘Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner’ books for 2022, we then parade and dance around the hall for approximately two hours. We also take photos to share in the newsletter and on Seesaw.

On another note, a big thank you to all the fabulous readers in our school who have completed an individual Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge for 2022. We have had completed forms from children in ELC all the way to Year Six. All completed CMRC forms are handed into the library, stickers are placed on the name of the person who has completed the challenge and raffle tickets are put into either the ELC -Year 2 Box, 3/4 Box or the 5/6 Box.

Prizes are given out once the challenge concludes – Week 6, Friday 26^th August.  

At a school level, all grades are also working on completing the CMRC in their classes. All books read in class and library are recorded on the grade challenge sheets.

Please click here to download a CMRC form, there is also a box outside the library door with blank. 

Happy Reading