Literacy

Book Week 

One of the highlights of the school year is just around the corner, Book Week! This year it’s being held from the 19th to the 25th of August and the theme is Read, Grow, Inspire. Vermont Primary School will hold its annual Book Week parade on Monday 21st August. All students are encouraged to dress up a character from a book of their choice. Be as creative as you like with this! 

Micheal Wagner Author Visit 

On Tuesday 29th August, we have Michael Wagner, the well-known author, coming out to speak to our students. Michael has over 80-plus titles including a 20-book series about the funny and exciting sporting adventures of Maxx Rumble, six books about a family called The Undys, a heart-warming first reader called Pig Dude: He Can Do ANYTHING! and the acclaimed picture books Why I Love Footy and Bear Make Den. We look forward to hearing him speak!

Writing Competition - Grow!

This year we will be holding a writing competition that is open to all students. The topic for the writing competition is Grow! Students are welcome to take this theme any way they like and can write in any genre, for example, writing a poem about an animal that grows, writing a procedural piece about a favourite plant, writing a narrative about a student that wanted to be a basketballer so they took a potion to grow. There will be 4 different categories: 

• Foundation 
• Grade 1 and 2
• Grade 3 and 4
• Grade 5 and 6

If your child has any questions, encourage them to ask their classroom teacher. 

Kids News Competition Winners 

Kids News recently held a competition that a number of former VPS students participated in. The winner of the Year 7-9 category was a VPS past student, Hiruki F who wrote a story called The Girl From Nowhere, which was about a woman seeing the world with fresh eyes. Additionally, another past VPS student, Lucie W, also received a Highly Commended award for her story called A Star Is Missing. A huge congratulations to both of them. 

https://www.kidsnews.com.au/short-story-competition/short-story-competition-2023-winners-revealed/news-story/022592a0802201a806f0730660130992

Fortnightly Segments 

Writing Challenge

If your child enjoys their writing and is keen to write for enjoyment at home, below is a prompt that you could ask your child to write about. 

Write an alternative ending for your favourite book or movie.

Comprehension Question 

This fortnight’s questions are:

• What might have happened between two important events in your book?
• Can you think of any books that have similar themes, plots or events?
• Choose a character from the book that is most like you. Describe the characteristics that you share.