Teaching & Learning  

How exciting was last week's Book Week costumes!  And to compliment the love of books, all students were encouraged to vote on 'The Children's Book Council of Australia' shortlisted books during their library session.  

Students listed below picked the winning titles under the following categories and will go into a raffle draw at next assembly to win a book pack.

Winner 2024 Picture Book of the Year - Timeless

This vibrant new picture book by award-winning author and illustrator Kelly Canby is all about time – making it, losing it and subverting the whole darn concept. 

Well Done to: Naomi - 34C, Erin 34/C, Harriet 34D, Archer 2B, Elliot 56B and Ms Denise for choosing Timeless.

Winner 2024 Early Childhood - Gymnastica Fantastica!

Gymnastica Fantastica! is a joyful and exuberant picture book about a child discovering and attempting new physical skills and putting on wonderfully imperfect shows for whoever will watch them.

Join Gymnastica, a small person with big energy, as they bend and balance, bounce and roll, attempt a cartwheel and a spectacular trapeze flip-out finale. Written in playful rhyming text and with brightly energetic and appealing illustrations, this is a book that kids and parents alike will find irresistible to read aloud and delight in its energy and humour.

Well Done to: Azalia 2B, Julianna 2B, Ruqaya 2B, Ume 2B, Julie 34E, Harriet 34D, Malak 34B and Reem 56D.

Winner 2024 Eve Pownall Award - Country Town

Happy times, sad times, boom times and gloom times!

From the First Peoples’ camp at the river crossing in the 1820s through to Carols by Candlelight at the showground in today’s world, this is a decade by decade wonderfully illustrated story of a small country community.

Well Done to: Radwan 34E, Mohammad 34A & Kaleesi 56B

Winner 2024 New Illustrator Award  - Hope is the Thing

A highly original, beautiful and deeply meaningful picture book that sees the marvellous and inspiring world of birds through the eyes of a child and celebrates birds’ adaptability and ingenuity. Hope is a kookaburra singing the sun Hope is the emu learning to run … Let your imagination soar in this joyful ode to the world of birds and the healing power of nature. Sparked by the Emily Dickinson poem ‘Hope is the thing with feathers’, this lyrical text accompanied by glorious mixed media collages reflects and celebrates the diversity, ingenuity and wonder of birds.

Well Done to: Nadal 34A & Ryussei 34E.