Book Week 2024

B.Luxa and J.Le

This year, the theme for Book Week is: ‘Reading is Magic’. To find out more about winning and short-listed children’s books please visit the Children’s Book Council of Australia official website at https://cbca.org.au/.

To celebrate this occasion, our school will be hosting the following events:

Book Character Parade

Wednesday 21st August (Week 5)

Playground A (Under COLA)

Students are encouraged to dress up as a book character for the day. The Book Character Parade will occur over two sessions at designated times in the morning. You are welcome to observe your child’s/children’s parade. Whilst onsite, all visitors will be asked to enter and exit from Gate 3 and leave the school grounds immediately after the parade is over.

Book Character Parade Timetable

Session One:

Preschool, K-2 Orange, Kindergarten, Years 1–2

9:40 – 10:20am

Session Two:

3-6 Lime, 3-6 Blue, 2/3O, Years 3–6

10:40 – 11:20am

Book Fair

Monday 2nd – Friday 6th September (Week 7)

School Library

The Scholastic Book Fair will be open to students during their library session in Week 7. Beforehand, students will receive a flyer featuring selected books on sale, along with a wish list and payment receipt form, which can be completed and used as credit to spend at the fair. If you wish to purchase books online, simply visit:

www.scholastic.com.au/payment, select ‘St Johns Park Public School’ and follow the instructions.

We look forward to a successful Book Week this year.