Library News

Wow what a fantastic Book Week! I’d like to extend a big thank you to the whole school community for participating in Book Week 2022 – Dreaming with Eyes Open. Our students and staff embraced the dress up day and there was some great conversations regarding book characters and our favourite books. Thank you to all of our parents who made the effort to put some book character costumes together for their family members. As I greeted families entering the school on Wednesday morning and visited classrooms there were smiling faces everywhere! It was wonderful to see. A big thank you also to Mrs Welti and Mrs Chick for coordinating our Book Week celebrations.

Like Dr. Seuss said “the more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn. The more places you’ll go. So read, read, read.” No-one should ever stop reading and learning. It can be a simple joy, an adventure, a little bit of magic, an escape into the big wide world! Thanks for a wonderful Book Week.

CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA (CBCA)

I was very much looking forward to the Book Week announcement from the CBCA regarding the Books of the Year winners and they are:

The Younger Readers section: The Gold Award went to A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr and the two Silver Awards went to Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee and Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad.

The Early Childhood section: The Gold Award went to Jetty Jumping by Andrea Rowe and the two Silver Awards went to Walk of the Whales by Nick Bland and Amira’s Suitcase by Vikki Conley.

The Picture Book of the Year: The Gold Award went to Iceberg by Claire Saxby and the two Silver Awards went to Stellarphant by James Foley and Just One Bee by Margrete Lamont and Anthony Bertini.

The Eve Pownall Award for Information Books: The Gold Award went to Still Alive by Safdar Ahmed and the two Silver Awards went to The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature and Heroes, Rebels and Innovators by Karen Wyld.

New Illustrator Award: The Winner is The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Michelle Pereira.

Congratulations and well done to the winners. The Book Week Shortlisted books have been on display and will be available for borrowing next week. I hope you enjoy reading Australian books by Australian authors and illustrators.

BILLY BOBBAROONI AND THE MYSTERY WORDS

Last week we were privileged to have Lisa Keskinen author of Billy Bobbarooni and the Mystery Words visit our school. Lisa says her book “celebrates the power of storytelling. Her novel weaves poem, riddles, short stories and other styles of writing throughout the narrative. It is the first book in the Billy Bobbarooni series.” Lisa is an author, teacher and education consultant. We have four copies of the book available for students to borrow. Please come and see me or make a reservation for the book via Compass by using Oliver V5 our library cataloguing system.

Many students from Foundation to Year 6 who met with Lisa expressed interest in purchasing her book. Lisa has kindly organised a discount code for Rowville Primary School. The code will discount books to $15 each and remove postage cost. The discount code is: Rowville. If you would like to place an order, visit this link:

https://laplandproductions.com/shop/billy-bobbarooni-and-the-mystery-words/

Please note the discount code will expire at 9 pm on Monday 5th September 2022.

Books ordered will be delivered to school, with packing slips, on Wednesday 7th September 2022.

SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB

The brochures for Scholastic Bookclub Issue 6 were distributed on Monday 29th August, 2022. Scholastic believe that every child deserves a book and they have some books each issue selling for $3.00 each. The brochure states that they are “great quality, affordable books in each issue so everyone can experience independent reading for pleasure.”

The orders for this issue are due by Monday 5th September, 2022. If you have any questions regarding Scholastic Bookclub please come and see me.

BOOK DONATIONS

Thank you to the Apps family for your recent donation of a set of books on Body Positivity. The series is called Charlie’s Tales written by the Pretty Foundation. The series includes the titles: Peggy and the Fantastic Football, The Sprites and the Heart Flower, Cassia and the Fire Dragons, Sylvie and the Star Tree and Dara and the Moonlight Cub. These books will be added to our ‘Wellbeing’ resources. Thank you.

Jackie Hicks

21st Century Learning Space Manager

TeamKids Before and After School Care

TeamKids have another amazing SPRING Holiday program planned!