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Scholastic Book Club and Book Fair
The Book Fair will run from Monday 1 - Wednesday 3 August in the Dance Hall.
The Book Fair theme this year is: Paws for Books. Come, Stay, Read a Great Tale!
You can find more information on the Fair here.
On Monday and Tuesday during class time, students will walk through and create their wishlists.
Classes visiting the Book Fair on Monday are:
Kinder A, B & C
Year 1 A & B
Year 2 A
Year 3 A
Year 4 A & B
Year 6 A & B
Classes visiting the Book Fair on Tuesday are:
Year 5 A & B
Year 3 B
Year 2 B
The Fair will also be open for sales:
Tuesday: recess, lunchtime and after school 3:05-6:30pm
Wednesday: recess, lunchtime and afterschool 3:05-7:30pm
Please note that on Tuesday and Wednesday the Book Fair will be open during Primary Parent Teacher Interviews to allow parents to visit the Book Fair with their children whilst on site.
There are two ways to pay for your purchases:
- Cash
- Online - Create a voucher through the scholastic website (www.scholastic.com.au/payments)
Go to the website above and create your Voucher.
Record the Voucher number and the amount on the back of either the wish list or the promotional order form. Bring it into the bookfair when you purchase the chosen product.
Please note that due to the Book Fair, we won't be running either of our Book Clubs this term.
We are still looking for volunteers to help with the Book Fair - please contact library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.auif you can spare an hour or two - we would greatly appreciate it!
Book Week
As part of our Book Week celebrations we invite all students and families to come to
school dressed up as their favourite book character on Thursday 25 August.
At 9:10am we will run the Primary Character Parade on the primary basketball courts.
The Secondary Character Parade will be presented at lunchtime in the Resource Centre.
The Character Parade involves students dressing as their favourite book character or as
something that relates to the theme of the year - 'Dreaming with Eyes Open'.
For costume ideas, check out the links below:
Children's Books Daily Blogs
2022: For kids: https://childrensbooksdaily.com/kids-costumes-for-book-week/
For adults https://childrensbooksdaily.com/book-week-costumes-for-adults/
2021:https://childrensbooksdaily.com/book-week-costumes-for-educators/
2014: https://childrensbooksdaily.com/book-week-2014-parade-costumes/
Your Kids Next Read podcast
2022: Episode 61: Books About Sport - Children's Books Daily... (childrensbooksdaily.com)
2021: https://open.spotify.com/episode/54RuJBPTSocTUm8mgGZE1K?si=VM-XjpeLTL2jn
We can't wait to see everyone’s creative costumes!
Premier's Reading Challenge
The Premiers Reading Challenge will close on August 19. I hope everyone is reading and entering their books onto the site. Once you have entered the number of books as listed below let me know at library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au so that I am able to verify your child’s list on the site.
| Year Level | Number of books | Minimum # Books from PRC list | # of Books of choice (not from PRC list) | Lists students can read from |
| K-2 | 30 | 25 | 5 | K-2, 3-4, 5-6 |
| 3-4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3-4, 5-6, 7-9 |
| 5-6 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5-6, 7-9 |
| 7-9 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5-6, 7-9, 9plus |
| 3-9 (refer to rule 7b) | 20 | 15 | 5 | All booklists |
If you are still looking for books to read, check out the appropriate year levels on the PRC book lists to assist in your choice: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html
Please see the website for more details: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html
Keep reading everyone!
Ms Height, Mrs Price and Mrs Jepson
Resource Centre Team
Important details
Opening Hours:
Monday-Thursday 8.30am to 4.30pm
Friday 8.30am to 4.00pm
Borrowing and Returns
Students may borrow and return books before school, recess, lunch time and after school. Primary School students also have the chance to borrow books during their fortnightly Library lessons.
Renewals
Students are able to re-borrow books for an additional two weeks by speaking to staff at the Library Circulation Desk. If further borrowing is requested after this, students are required to bring their book with them to allow the staff to sight the book. In addition, students can renew their book/s by emailing the Library.
Requests
If your child would like to borrow a specific book and the title is not included in our current catalogue, we will add this to our purchase wish-list.
Overdue notices
If you receive an overdue notice, then the book/s are either overdue, or there is a chance that the books may been processed through our system after the email was sent, so we encourage all parents to follow up any issues by emailing the Resource Centre at library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au
If you have any other enquiries, issues or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us via phone by ringing the main office or via email address library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au