Book an Adventure - Library news

by Ms Emily Collins & Ms Kylie Pearson, School Librarians

Book an Adventure was the 2025 theme for Book Week and at Box Hill High School we always celebrate this week in style.

Write a Book in a Day 2025

299 students from Year 7 through to Year 12 took part in the 2025 Write a Book in a Day event. This was 126 students more than in 2024 and equated to 45 teams and 45 books all between 3,500 to 5,000 words that were created, illustrated and published all in support of the Kids Cancer Project.

Students worked in teams of 5-10 for 12 long hours to create fabulous stories all while developing their teamwork, time management and creativity skills. And despite the intense pressures of the day, students left buzzing and exceptionally proud of what they had achieved.

Due to the big uptake this year, this event was run over five days, and we would like to send a massive thank you to the staff who signed up to support the students and help ensure that this event could run. All books are available in our school library and were uploaded to the Kids Cancer Network website where they will be published digitally and available to kids in hospitals around Australia.

Book Week Winners

On Thursday 28 August we held our annual morning tea, indulging in caramel slice and celebrating our top readers in every year level as well as those who took part in the 2025 Reading Adventure Challenge. The top reader from each year level received a $30 voucher from QBD while the overall top reader for 2025 as well as our top participant in the 2025 Reading Adventure Challenge received a $50 voucher from QBD. We also gave out beautiful new books to the top six readers from each year level.

A huge congratulations to our 2025 winners!

Recipients of a $30 QBD gift card: