Book Parade and Book Swap

Book Parade

On Wednesday, the 9th of May, the Year 7’s of Melbourne Girls College had a marvelous Book Parade to celebrate the first MGC Writer’s’ Festival. All the year 7’s celebrated their favourite novels and love of reading by dressing up as their favourite character from a book. The Year 7’s came together in the Auditorium marching on stage to show off their costumes to the hosts and judges, Anaya Wenham and Abigail Williams. The two main winners of the parade for best costumes were Sadie Joyner, Tilly Leslin and Julia Wang as the three fairy godmothers Flora, Fauna and Merry weather from the Disney classic, Sleeping Beauty. The other winner was Louella Breach dressed as Rhysand the High Lord of the Night Court from the “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series. The two winners were each given a chocolate frog and a book of their choosing. Special thanks to the students who made it possible: Grace Foa, Anaya Wenham, Abigail Williams, Ameila Shroud, Samia O’Reily, Samantha Kintana, Claudia Mountjowis and Hannah Benhassive. We couldn’t have made the Book Parade possible without this fantastic committee.

Book Swap

Melbourne Girls College also fundraised for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The book swap was incredibly successful raising $300 dollars for the charity. Before the event students from the school each brought in a second-hand book with a gold coin donation so that Indigenous children could afford and own new books. Students could swap their novels for new ones and share their love of reading with others. Overall, MGC had a great experience and students were able to help the Indigenous Literacy Foundation with their passion of reading.

By Alina Ivanova and Duru Gurcan