Book Fair – May 21st - May 26th

Book Club Issue 3 orders are now closed. Orders should be arriving soon and will be delivered to classrooms.

Our first Book Fair for the year will be starting Wednesday, May 21st in the library. There will be plenty of books, posters and novelty stationery items on sale. 30% of all sales comes directly back to our library in the form of dollar-for-dollar reward points, to spend on new books and resources for the library. Thank you for supporting Book Club and Book Fair, our major fundraisers for the school library.  

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) Day – May 21st

On the same day Book Fair kicks off, we will also be celebrating NSS across the school. Every year the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) selects a wonderful Australian book to be read by millions of people in Australia and New Zealand simultaneously. This is a fun celebration of reading for pleasure.

This year the book selected is “Truck Cat” by new author Deborah Frenkel, with illustrations by award-winning artist Danny Snell. This touching tale explores themes of cats and humans, immigration and identity, and the experience of losing and finding home.

To promote and celebrate this book and event, we will be holding an in-school competition during the week of NSS, with a chance to win a copy of the book, bookmark and stickers. 

Author Visit – Tony Armstrong – 28th May, 12 noon

We are delighted to be welcoming Tony Armstrong, to our school to talk to the Year 1 and 2 learners about his latest book, Maggie the Dragon. Tony is a proud Barranbinya–Gamilaroi man well known for his career as a sports presenter on ABC News Breakfast and his former career as an AFL player. Tony's debut picture book, George the Wizard, was published in 2024, and Maggie the Dragon is his second book.

Tony’s visit will be a wonderful lead-in to Reconciliation Week at our school. We would like to extend the invitation to any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander learners and their families who would like to come along to hear Tony speak. An email will be coming out soon with more information. You can also email Ms Edwards gedwa16@eq.edu.au to RSVP.

If your child is in Year 1 or 2 you will have already received an email, and there is no need to RSVP.

Readers Cup Teams

Our teams have been busy reading, reading and reading some more! They have been meeting regularly and working together as a team to quiz each other on the different books. Most team members have read all of the 5 books already and are even starting to re-read some. Great effort! Competition day is Tuesday 17th June at St. Aidan’s AGS.

Apologies, one team member was left off the list in the previous newsletter. Our two teams are:

Team 1: Emma C, Matthew V, Chase H, Laura L, Sophie E

Team 2: Olivia K, Miles L, Neel G, Krutir K, Sofia L

These are the 5 books selected this year which our teams are busy reading.

Questions?

If you have any questions, email Ms Edwards – gedwa16@eq.edu.au

You can access our school library catalogue here. Parents are welcome to become library borrowers, too. Drop in and see us if you’d like to sign up.