The theme for this year’s Book Week is ‘Champions Read’ which ties nicely in with the Olympics Quiz Competition. At Wyvern we will be celebrating Book Week in Week 7 from Monday 27 August until Thursday 30 August.

What’s Happening at Wyvern for Book Week? 

For Book Week Order Forms, click here.

MONDAY – 27 AUGUST

• 8.30am – 9.00am – Rachel Robson – Parent Event in the Library, to RSVP,
  click here.

Rachel Robson is a knowledgeable children’s specialist bookseller with experience both in Australia and overseas. Rachel has spoken at the the CBCA Awards day and at other schools in the Sydney area about the best books for kids. Come along and hear her speak.

• 2.30pm – 4.00pm – Book Fair Grand Opening in Library

TUESDAY – 28 AUGUST 

• 7.30am – 9.00am – Book Fair in Library
• 9.30am – 10.30am – Years 3 & 4 – Ben Wood – Illustrator

Ben Wood has been illustrating for publishers and design studios for many years. He has been a speaker for nearly as long and enjoys creating books with students. In 2006 he was accepted into the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust Mentorship Program. He was introduced to the big world of publishing and children’s book illustration. He even got a chance to work alongside award winning illustrator Roland Harvey.

• 11.00am – 12.00pm – Years 5 & 6 – Oliver Phommavanh – Author

Oliver Phommavanh loves to make people laugh, whether it’s on the page writing humour for kids or on stage as a stand-up comedian. He also shares his passion for writing with the kids he teaches, at a primary school in Western Sydney. As a comedian, Oliver has appeared on stage and on national TV and radio.

• 2.30pm – 4.00pm – Book Fair in Library

WEDNESDAY – 29 AUGUST

• 7.30am – 9.00am – Book Fair in Library
• 9.30am – 10.30am – K-2 – Richard Tulloch – Author
• 11.00am – 12.00pm – Years 3 & 4 – Richard Tulloch – Author

Richard Tulloch is one of Australia’s most prolific and popular writers of books, plays, film and television for young audiences. His television series, which include 150 episodes of the phenomenal Bananas in Pyjamas, as well as episodes of Playschool, The Magic Mountain and stories for New McDonald’s Farm, have reached an audience of hundreds of  millions around the world.

Of his 60 children’s books, many of them published in a number of languages, Danny in the Toybox, Being Bad for the Babysitter, Cocky Colin and the Barry the Burglar series were nominated by children for KOALA awards as their most popular Australian books of all time. His popular series of Weird Stuff novels for 9-14 year olds are published by Random House.

• 2.30pm – 4.00pm – Book Fair in Library

THURSDAY – 30 AUGUST

• 7.30am – 9.00am – Last Chance for Book Fair in Library – Closing at 9.00am
• 11.00am – 12.00pm – K-2 Tiddalick the Frog – Story Performance in Library

TIDDALICK THE FROG is a well-known Australian indigenous story of the frog who drank all the water in the world. This dreamtime story is reworked into a fractured fairytale and brought to life with the turn of each giant 3D pop-up page, which serves as a backdrop to this unique theatre experience.

Conservation issues related specifically to the Australian environment are touched upon through this engaging gigantic book, as life size native animal puppets created by Ian Mortimer take the audience on a journey through tier eco-systems. The Great Big Story Book has performed in various arenas including the opening of Book Week 2005. The National Fold Festival, the Melbourne International Festival, Moomba Festival and at The Canberra National Museum.

• 2.00pm – 3.00pm – Years 5 & 6 – Ruben Meerman the Surfing Scientist – Climate Change

Ruben begins by answering the most basic question: why do we have weather on planet Earth? Using liquid nitrogen and a balloon, he demonstrates how the Sun’s heat, combined with the Earth’s rotation, generates every form of weather we experience. He explains the seasons, jet streams, the Coriolis Effect and the thermohaline circulation of our oceans.

By the end  of this introduction, audiences will understand that climate is the long-term average of a region’s weather and why both weather and climates are so incredibly difficult to predict. Next, Ruben presents the evidence of natural climate change cycles caused by changes in the Earth’s orbit around the Sun and cataclysmic events such as asteroid impacts and volcanic activity.

BOOK FAIR

Shearer’s Bookshop on Norton Street will be helping us with our Book Fair. The short listed books for the Early Childhood, Picture Book of the Year and Younger Readers categories will all be available in the sale as well as many recently released and favourite books and series.

Pre-order forms for books of author’s speaking during the week have gone home already.

BOOK FAIR OPENING TIMES:

• Monday 27 August – 2.30pm – 4.00pm – GRAND OPENING
• Tuesday 28 August – 7.30am – 9.00am & 2.30pm – 4.00pm
• Wednesday 29 August – 7.30am – 9.00am & 2.30pm – 4.00pm
• Thursday 30 August – 7.30am – 9.00am – CLOSING

BOOK WEEK COMPETITION – K – 6 OLYMPICS TRIVIA QUIZ

All students will be able to compete in a take home Trivia Quiz on the Olympics. Twenty question about ‘all things to do with the Olympics’, both present and past, will be asked. Students will be required to identify ‘the Source’ (internet, book, newspaper, grandparent, brother, teacher, prior knowledge etc) of their answer. The first entry drawn that has answered all 20 questions correctly and identified the source for each answer will be the winner. Students may have assistance from home in completing this quiz. Quiz papers will be available in the Library on Monday 20 August. Completed quizzes should be returned no later than 4.00pm on Wednesday 29 August.

Mrs Barnes
Librarian