Book Week is here!

Hello families,

Book Week kicks off on Tuesday!

As most of you will know we have a dress-up day next Friday. This can be very exciting and a little overwhelming too. Here are some tips to taken from an excellent blog by award-winning librarian Madison Dearnaley:

• Make it easy. Use what you have in your wardrobe, dress-up box or craft box.
• Homemade costumes are awesome. Costumes shouldn’t have to cost you much.
• Child-driven costumes make the child more comfortable in what they are wearing and builds excitement.
• Plan early but have a back-up plan
• It’s okay to work backwards from the costume to the book.
• No costume is wrong. No costume shaming, please. Movie character, book related t-shirt. Honestly, everything is okay if it makes the child (or staff member) comfortable enough to dress up. You can even make a school uniform work.
• If you can, print out the cover of your book and pin it to the front of your costume or add it to a ribbon to be worn around the neck—this makes it super easy to see which character you are.

HERE IS HOW WE WILL BE CELEBRATING

Monday              Pupil-free Day

Tuesday             Abner’s Spectacular Spanish Story-Time (2nd recess)

Wednesday      Jose’s Birthday Spanish Story-Time (2nd recess)

Thursday            Lucinda’s Story-Time Extravaganza (2nd recess)

Friday                  Dress-up day! 

                               Special visit from author and illustrator Marc Martin with drawing (1st                                        recess) 

                               Christine’s Super-Fun Spanish Story-Time (2nd recess)

                               Book parade with awards for costumes & read-a-thon winners                                                      announced (2.30PM)

Little fun things throughout the week: Where is Wally? A team of small Wallys have escaped from the library. You might find them hanging out around the school yard—if so, please escort them back to the library!

Who is this masked reader? A strange tiger will be reading to our kids. Could it be one of our teachers?

The CBCA (Children's Book Council of Australia) finalists are announced today. You can check them out in the library or have one of your favourite Aussies read them on Story Box Library https://storyboxhub.com/ 

If you want to get in touch for any reason please stop by or email me, jessica.petrie2@education.vic.gov.au