Book Parade A Great Success

The book character parade on Friday 17th August was a terrific way to start Book Week celebrations. Students and staff joined in the spirit of the day dressing up as characters from many different books. Book Council of Australia short listed books were popular for costume inspiration. 
 The Last Viking proved a hit with quite a few children and Mr Dilley, all dressing up as Viking warriors and The Dream of The Thylacine story was turned into a walking book by Joel Benkoe and his family. Very creative!!
As always, there were lots of princesses and fairies. Spiderman, Batman and the Hulk made an appearance. Little Red Riding Hood and other fairytale characters were popular. Where's Wally was spotted a few times as were some Kindergarten teachers impersonating blue Smurfs.
Great fun was had by all.
Post a comment saying what you thought of the Book Week Parade.

And......Don't forget that the Scholastic Book Fair is on this week. So pop into the library, have a look and perhaps buy a book.

Book Week

With Book Week only two weeks away, the excitement is building as teachers and children discuss favourite books and characters. Creating and organising costumes for the parade on Friday 17th August is a high priority for the children and staff. Past book character parades have been lots of fun with wonderful costumes on display. Some families go to very creative lengths to stand out as these two photos show.

What is a favourite book of yours? Who would you like to dress up as?

Cyber Safety

A brand new cyber safety website for parents and their children is being launched by the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle’s Catholic Schools Office (CSO) this week, to ensure parents are well informed when it comes to the internet and have access to user-friendly information, links and resources from one central point.

The site aims to inform all parents including those from the CSO’s 55 schools, on ways they can be proactive and cyber savvy whilst also ensuring their children are educated to use the internet safely and are aware of the consequences if they don’t. View the site and learn more about cyber safety at the following link.


http://www.cybersafetyforparents.mn.catholic.edu.au/

Book Week Parade and Book Fair

Book Week is approaching quickly and the children are being reminded regularly about what will be taking place. Many children already have a book character in mind for the parade and just need a little help from parents and carers to bring their character costume to life.

The Children’s Book Council of Australia has this year chosen the theme ‘Champions Read’ for Book Week (20^th to 24^th August). For anyone interested, all the Short Listed books that the children are reading and working on in the library and computer room can be viewed at the following link.http://cbca.org.au/shortlist_2012.htm

The Scholastic Book Fair will be in Week 6.  The Book Fair is an opportunity for families to purchase books, posters and various other goodies to add to their library at home. The book fair will be set up in the school library. Children and parents will be able to view and purchase items during times that the library is open. So, pop in and have a look around.

The Book Week parade will be held on Friday 17^th August in Week 5. The parade will commence at 9:30am on the main playground.There will be no formal awards assembly on this day.

Parents might also like to take a tour of our fantastic new library and computer room if they have not already done so. Feel free to post a comment about the new blog. Remember to identify yourself so that we know who is contributing.

Book Week 2012

Book Week 2012

This term during library lessons the children will be reading / listening to the Children’s Book Council of Australia short listed books. Each class will experience some of the short listed books from the different categories set by the CBCA. The theme for Book Week and Term 3 is ‘Champions Read’ promoting learning and literacy as a way that the children can become champions themselves. Computer, literacy and craft activities will be completed based on the books read.

As the smiles on theYear 5 girls faces show, the children are really enjoying reading and listening to the Book Week short listed books.

Hello From The Library

Welcome to the St Patrick's Library Blog, created for St Patrick's Primary School Cessnock.
This blog will be used to showcase work and communicate with the children and school community, many of the exciting things that take place in the school and library. Stay tuned for more posts and updates to the blog layout as I become a better blogger through trial and error. I hope the children and school community get involved by checking the blog regularly and posting comments.
Let's have fun!