Library News
MS Readathon
MS Readathon update!
Update: As of August 16th, Kalinda kids who are signed up for the MS Readathon have read 142 books, and raised over $1600 to support people with MS and their families! What an amazing effort! Let’s keep reading, Kalinda.This August, Kalinda is aiming to read 310 books with the MS Readathon. That’s just over ten books per day as a school, or just under one book per student for the month!
It’s not too late to join us! You can sign the kids (or even the grownups!) up to our school MS Readathon fundraising page here:
https://www.msreadathon.org.au/join/kalindaprimaryschool
A Symphony of Stories! - Book Week 2026
Kalinda will be celebrating Book Week from August 17th - 21st. We have so many great activities happening in the library and around the school!
- The annual Book Parade! On Wednesday August 19th, dress up as your favourite book character and share your love of reading with the whole school.
- A very special author visit! Elle McFadzen, a past Kalinda student who published her first children’s novel in 2025, is coming to talk to our Year 5/6s about writing a fantasy novel, and how she wrote The Potion Experiment.
- Kalinda Book of the Year winner announced! Classes will be reading the CBCA ‘Book of the Year’ shortlisted picture books throughout the term and voting for their favourite. Winners will be announced during Book Week.
- CBCA Book of the Year winners announced! Will Kalinda choose the same winning book as the Children’s Book Council of Australia?
- Annnnddd…
The annual Kalinda Poetry and Story-writing competition & anthology!
Each year, Kalinda students from grades 2-6 are invited to write a poem or a story relating to the Book Week theme. This year, that theme is A Symphony of Stories!
All entries will be published in our annual Kalinda Anthology - a book filled with the funny, clever, interesting, thoughtful, rich, and downright musical writing of our spectacular students.
Each piece of writing this year must touch on the theme of music, or reading/books. Winning entries from each year level will win a prize to take home.
Entries are due by the end of Week 7 (28th August).
Scholastic Book Club dates 2026
(subject to change)
30th August
25th October
22nd November
Happy reading! Martina
