Library & Sport News - Erin Hardwicke
Author Visit
We are excited to welcome Anna Battese to our school on Tuesday, 16th August. Anna will speak to our K-2 classes about her new books and what she loves about being a writer. If you would like to purchase either of Anna’s books please see the attached order form. Anna will personalise and sign the copies on the day of her visit.
Book Fair – Next Week!
We will host our annual book fair next week and the students are very excited!
The books will be on display in the library from Monday. On Tuesday, all students will visit the book fair and make a ‘Wish List’ of books they like. In addition to the books available to purchase, there will also be stationery items ranging from $1-$5 and posters. A generous percentage from the sales comes to the school as rewards and we use this money to purchase additional books for our own library. We are able to have families visit the fair outside of school hours. We have both before school and after school opening times, please see below for details.
We look forward to seeing you at the fair!!
Book Fair Times
Wednesday 17th Aug 8:20 – 8:50am, 3:10 – 3:45pm
Thursday 18th Aug 3:10 – 3:45pm
Friday 19th Aug 8:20 – 8:50am
Chief Minister’s Reading – 9 Days to Go!
Congratulations to all the students who have already completed this year’s challenge! All completed forms must be returned to school by no later than Friday 19th August.
Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week
This year’s theme for Book Week is ‘Dreaming with Eyes Open’ and we are very much looking word to our celebrations here at school during Week 6. Our dress up day will be held on Friday 26th August. We encourage students to take inspiration from the theme or from their favourite book. We can’t wait to see everyone’s costumes in the parade!We are also excited to be welcoming some authors to school to talk to our students about their latest books and what inspires them in their writing.
ACT School Sport Trials
Please keep an eye on the ACT School Sport website for a number of trials coming up.
Hockey Clinics
All classes have been enjoying the hockey clinics and we confirmed this week that we will be able to extend the program for an additional 2 weeks. The more hockey the better!!
Boorowa Touch and Netball Carnival – Please ensure you have submitted your Compass for by today.
Thank you to the parents who have kindly volunteered to assist on the day. We will finalise teams this week and confirm which teams we are able to enter in the carnival this year.
We are proceeding with our plans to again enter teams in this year’s Boorowa touch and netball carnival. It is a fantastic day that sees thousands of students from country and city schools both government and public come to support the town of Boorowa and the wider community. Today, interested students met with Mrs Hardwicke to find out a little more about the day. If you would like your child to participate please return the permission note via Compass. We will enter teams based on the responses we receive via Compass. Once we have confirmed our numbers we will send teams lists home. Please note that on some occasions we are unable to enter teams due to not having a sufficient number of players. It is also a requirement of the organisers that each team is able to provide a coach, umpire/referee and manager. We are dependent on parent volunteers for these roles, so if you are able to help please let us know by answering the questions on the Compass form. We greatly appreciate your support, but it is even more greatly appreciated by our students.
Erin Hardwicke