Book Week will be celebrated across Australia in Week 7 this term, 22-28 August 2015. The students will be involved in a variety of activities based on this year’s theme Books Light Up Our World. Book Week is a traditional celebration held at our school promoting reading for enjoyment and recognising notable Australian children’s authors and illustrators.

One of the highlights of our week is the Book Character Parade which will be held on Thursday 27 August 2015 on the JP playground commencing at 8:45am. Family and friends are welcome to attend this popular event.

Students and teachers are encouraged to participate in this fun-filled event. This year’s theme challenges us to choose to represent book characters who light up our world. This may include characters of stories that have meant something to us at any time in our lives – as a young baby, the favourite story that had to be shared, or as recently as this year. Book character parades help us to recognise and make connections with characters in stories that exercise our imaginations. They highlight experiences shared, values and attitudes that characters hold, hopes, dreams, aspirations and qualities recognised in them.

It is important that the boys be able to express how the character they choose to represent lights up their world. In our library sessions we have begun to share stories and characters that fulfil this year’s theme. Students are being encouraged to bring in the book that lights up their world so that a class display can be set up and these treasured books shared with each other. Students have also been encouraged to discuss possible books and their characters with family members to assist them in finding the character and story that lights up their world.

Students will come to school dressed as their book character and may remain dressed that way for the rest of the day. It is important to remember that the boys need to be comfortably dressed for their learning after this event.

Please join us for our Book Parade.

When:   27 August 2015 (Thursday Week 7)

Where:  JP Playground (Don Brown Hall if wet)

Time:     8:45am

Sue Gough – Teacher Librarian