Star Reader Winners

Congratulations to Aveline (KL), Jahzara (1/2M), Josh (1/2W), Kai (1/2F), Cameron (3/4YM), Orla (3/4AK), Caitlin (5/6FW) and Sienna (5/6B) for being awarded the Library Star Reader in Term 2. These students show their love of reading both during class and through regular library borrowing. They received an ‘Alpacas with Maracas’ prize pack thanks to Scholastic Books.

Scholastic Book Fair

Save the Date Tuesday 6th – Friday 9th August 

We are looking forward to our second Book Fair of the year. The theme for this fair is ‘Dino-mite’

The Book Fair is a great opportunity to check out the new and exciting titles or to make some early purchases for Christmas presents. We appreciate you support of this event, as a percentage of the proceeds are given to our school to buy new books for our library.

The book Fair will be open each day from Tuesday 6th Aug – Friday 9th August. Before school 8:20-8:50am and after school 3:00 – 4:00pm

Celebrating Book Week 2019 at St Michael’s

During Weeks 5 and 6 in Term 3 we have lots of exciting events to celebrate Book Week. On Tuesday 20th August, we will have our Book Week Dress Up Day and on Friday 30th August our whole school will come together for a performance titled ‘Big Dreams’. The performance links together the themes of the CBCA shortlisted books for this year.  

We will be showing our support for Indigenous literacy by holding a ‘Giant Book Swap’ on Wednesday 21st August and are calling for donations of pre-loved (but still in good condition) books. These books will then form part of the Giant Book Swap to take place during library lessons in Week 5. We are hoping to receive 200 books so there are enough books for each child to take part in the swap. If you are able to donate a book, or maybe even two, books can be left in the tub behind the library desk or dropped to the Front Office. If donations can be brought in to school by Friday 16th August, it would be appreciated.

During library lessons in Week 5 students will then make a gold coin donation to support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and in turn they can choose a book to take home from a selection of donated books.

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation aims to raise enough funds to gift over 35,000 books to remote communities in 2020. We would love to show our support and assist in addressing the literacy gap in Indigenous communities.