Book Week at St John's

Book Week 2026 Symphony of Stories

This year’s Book Week ‘Symphony of Stories’ is a celebration of children's literature. 

Book Week Parade

St Johns Book Week Dress Up Day and Parade will be held on Monday 24th August. 

Families are invited to attend the parade, held in the Coghlan Centre at 9am and will be finished by 10am.

Students are invited to dress up as a favourite character from a book. Families are encouraged to be creative and sustainable, making a costume with items currently owned. 

Book Week Activities

To celebrate book week, we will have a variety of activities running during the week. 

Book Swap Surprise: Students are invited to wrap a preowned book in paper (reused paper, newspaper/recycled paper) and swap it for another book from the collection. This way we are sharing and recycling our books. 

The categories will be Junior Picture Book, 3-6 Fiction and there will be a Non Fiction Section. Please label the book you are bringing with its category. 

‘Guess the Shredding’ and ‘Which book is this?: There will be two jars in the library with Book remnants in them. (I assure no books will be harmed in the process). Children may study the jars and make a guess as to the book title when classes visit the library for library borrowing during Book Week. 

Junior School Scavenger Hunt: The junior classes will participate in a scavenger hunt in the passive play area, using their eagle eyes to search for Book Week characters amongst the buildings, flora and furniture.