Library Update

2021 Premier’s Reading Challenge

Registrations are now open for the Premier’s Reading Challenge. Students from Prep to Year Nine are challenged to read between fifteen and twenty books between now and the end of August. For more information and to register, go to https://readingchallenge.education.qld.gov.au/.

Telling Stories Writing Competition

Students in Years 4-9 are invited to submit an entry for the Telling Stories Writing Competition. Win cash prizes for a story between 300-1000 words depending on year level. Entry forms and information have been emailed out to students and entries must be submitted via Ms Keen by 22nd August.

National Simultaneous Story Time

National Simultaneous Story Time was celebrated on Wednesday at 11am. Children in schools, at home and in libraries all joined together to read the same book at the same time. This year’s reading was even more special because it came from outer space! Astronaut Dr Shannon Walker, currently on board the International Space Station, read the book Give Me Some Space by Sunshine Coast author, Philip Bunting. Students from Kindy to Year 5 came together at the gym to watch the reading.

As part of the lead up to the reading, the library ran a number of space-themed activities. This week students created rockets out of pool noodles, launched bicarb-and-vinegar-powered rockets on the oval, created glittery stars and chalk pastel galaxies, and went for a space walk via virtual reality. Our library aide, Mrs Griffin, made a fabulous display with a model of the International Space Station and an astronaut suspended from the library ceiling.

Ms Narelle Keen, Teacher Librarian