CBCA Book Week
Each year since 1945 the CBCA has brought children and books together across Australia through CBCA Book Week. During this time schools and public libraries spend one glorious week celebrating books and Australian children's authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians create colourful displays, develop activities, run competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading. Our Bookweek Dress-up Day will be Thursday 25th August – students can come dressed as a character out of a favourite book. This year’s theme is, “Dreaming with eyes open…’. Students will also participate in a performance of a CBCA Bookweek Book of the Year shortlisted book, ‘The Imaginer’. A summary follows:
Penny has a massive imagination. She loves to draw up plans, gather her tools and turn sketches and scribbles into new creations. One day, she visits her grandpa’s house and is amazed at his gadgets and gizmos. He has a telephone hanging on his wall, an organ with bellows to pump and a contraption with a handle to churn homemade butter. Then. Penny discovers grandpa’s garage …
Christopher Cheng’s The Imagineer is a beautiful story about an inquisitive little girl whose imagination is sparked by the things around her. It also highlights the value of spending time with a grandparent and learning from their lived experience.
Our school book fair will commence on Monday 22nd August (2.55pm -3.15pm), Tuesday 23rd August (8.30am-8.50am & 2.55pm-3.15pm) Wednesday 24th August (8.30am-8.50am)
