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St Louis will be celebrating Book Week in 3 weeks!

On Monday 23rd August, students can come to school dressed up as their favourite book character!

Could it be Where's Wally, Cat in a Hat, Granny Gangstar, Dotty Detective, Madeline, the Grinch or Atticus Van Tasticus?

What world will you discover today?....This year's CBCA Book Week Theme  ~ "Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds!"

Also starting on Monday 23rd August  we will be having a Book Fair until Thursday 26th August!

Book Fair Sales will be open from

8am - 8.30am, 12.55pm-1.35pm, 3.15-4.30pm

 

Please note

Book Fair will not be open on the Friday 27th August

 

Only 43 days to go!!

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the Premiers' Reading Challenge this week!

 William Close 6RD, Audrey Galambos 5AI, Ella Volpi 1MP, Louisa Healy 3BB, Slava Moroz 5CA, Myles Westhorpe 2ET, Rio Mansilla 3GY, Isabella Gallagher PGW

 

Kingston Libraries have a Short Story Competition on now!

Write a short story or poem of up to 500 words about anything you like!

Works must be original and G-rated.  Entries are invited in age categories 5 to 7, 8 to 10, 11 to 13 and 14 to 16.  Entries close Sunday 19 September.  Winners will be announced Sunday 24 October and published on the Kingston Libraries website.

Download the Entry Form (133KB) and start writing today! Heaps of great prizes are up for grabs.

Terms and Conditions

  1. Entry is free
  2. Submissions must be G-Rated
  3. One entry per person
  4. Entry is open to anyone who is aged 5-16 years and lives, goes to school or plays in the City of Kingston
  5. Word limit: 500 words
  6. Story or poem must be an original work
  7. Entries close Sunday 19 September 2021
  8. The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into
  9. Winning entries from each age group will be published on Kingston Libraries' website and added to the Short Story dispenser
  10. Selected will be collated into a book and published in a book
  11. Entries will not be returned
  12. Prizes are Westfield vouchers for each age group - 1st prize - $150, 2nd prize - $100, 3rd prize - $50.