Book Week 

Book Week author visit: Ingrid Laguna

As part of Book Week, the Year 3 – 6 students were privileged to meet and learn from a published author. Ingrid Laguna has written: Kit and Arlo, Bailey Finch takes a Stand, Sunflower, Songbird and Serenade for a Small Family.

Ingrid is an experienced and dynamic presenter and teacher; she is passionate about meeting young readers and sharing her knowledge of writing with them. Ingrid’s session was engaging and interactive. The students learned a great deal and were inspired to write their own stories.

Meerkat Productions: “Timeless” by Kelly Canby.

Prep to Year 2 students were invited to share Meerkat Productions adaptation of ‘Timeless’ as part of our Book Week celebrations.

This performance was designed to inspire students to pause, reflect, embrace the moments that truly matter, and understand the value of quality time.

Show synopsis:

Emit (whose parents turned back time to name him) is surrounded by busyness. Dad is too busy to read stories, Mum is too busy to play games and Emit’s brother and sister are simply too busy doing nothing to do anything, at all. Emit tries everything he can think of to get more time, he tries to catch it, wait for it, but it’s not until Emit tries to buy some time that he learns the secret which is, if you want time, you have to make it.

 Key Themes: The value of time, quality over quantity, mindfulness and presence, intergenerational wisdom, connection and relationships, creativity and imagination.

Maureen Delane

Learning Specialist