Book Week 2021
Book Week Parent and Staff Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following clever people who took out the prize of a $25 gift voucher from Closetful of Books in our annual Book Week Parent and Staff Competition:
Parent Winner: Mark O'Brien - The Man in the Face (Iron) Mask by Alexander Dumas
Special mentions in this category:
Susie O'Brien - A Tale of Vaccines by Charles Dickens
Ianz Pyne - Adventures in Quarantine by Lewis Carroll
Staff Winner: Ruth TAAFFE - A Zoom With a View by E.M. Forster
Special mentions in this category:
Nicola Wilson - Brave New Normal (Brave New World) by Aldous Huxley
Amy Meyrick - Love in the Time of Covid by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ben Astley - Batch 22: The Story of vaccine development by Joseph Heller
Many thanks to this year's judges: Juliet Wolfe, Director of Communication, and Jason Hoppner, Director of Admissions and Marketing who had the unenviable task of choosing from this long list of exceedingly clever entries:
A tale of 2 vaccines (Dickens)
The Man in the Face (iron) Mask - Alexander Dumas
Anna Coronana by Leo Tolstoy
For Whom the Doorbell Tolls - Hemmingway
To Watch a Mockingbird - Lee
Muted Expectations - Dickens
Alice’s Adventures in Quarantine - Carroll
One Hundred Days of Solitude - Marquez
One Hundred Years of Gratitude - Marquez
A Tale of Two Lockdowns - Dickens
The Lord of the Takeout Wings - Tolkien
Jane Here - Bronte
Robinson Crusoe to Nowhere - Defoe
Eight Men in a Boat - Jerome
The Insiders - S. E. Hinton
Down and Locked-In in London and Paris - George Orwell
Misery - Stephen King …doesn’t need a title change.
The Loo Roll, the Mask-itch and the Bored Tribe - C S Lewis
Journey to the centre of the fridge – Jules Verne
Don't Catch Covid-22 - Joseph Heller
One Hundred Years of Quarantine - Garcia Marquez
Of Masks and Men – Steinbeck
Memoirs of a Pandemic - Arthur Golden
Charlie and the Sanitiser Factory - Roald Dahl
Gulliver's 'SHN' - Swift
Love in the Time of Covid - Garcia Marquez
Athomement (Atonement)
Brave New Normal (Brave New World)
One spoke over the zoom call (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest)
Alice’s Adventures in the lounge (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
'Lockdown and Out in Paris and London', by George Orwell.
'A Zoom With a View' by E.M. Forster
The Man in the Reusable Face Mask', by Alexandre Dumas
'At Least Two Metres from the Madding Crowd', by Thomas Hardy
'Bridgit Jones' Empty Diary', by Helen Fielding
'To the Outhouse', by Virginia Woolf
'The Fault in our Stairs', by John Green
'Their Eyes were Watching TV', by Zora Neal Hurston
'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Duvet', by Jules Verne
'A Farewell to Bars' by Earnest Hemingway
'The Adventures of Sherlock's Home,' by Arthur Conan Doyle
'Wolf Hallway', by Hilary Mantel
'A Zoom of One's Own', by Virginia Woolf
A Tale of Two Settees by William Shakespeare
Fear and Loathing in the Living Room by Hunter S. Thompson
Captain Corelli's Maudlin by Louis de Bernieres
Low Expectations by Charles Dickens
Far, very Far, from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The JABberwocky by Lewis Carroll (poem)
No Passage to India by E. M. Forster
Pfizer 'fraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Peter Pan(demic) by J. M. Barrie
The Mask and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Elasticated-Waist Tousered Philanthropists by Rober TressellPride and Pandemic
Moby Sick
Lord of the Vaccines
No one flew over the cuckoo's nest (planes were grounded)
Oh the Places you WON'T go (covid 19 edition) - Dr Seuss
Diary of a covid kid
"Fantastic Friends and Where to Find Them"
His Dark Materials = His Friendship Materials
AS I LAY FLYING by William Faulkner
Love in the time of Covid Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Quarantine House 5 Kurt Vonnegut Jnr.
Batch 22 – The story of vaccine development – Joseph Heller
To Thrill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Lockdown 3: Alice’s Adventures in Slumberland – Lewis Carol
One Hundred Years of Lockdown – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Stay-at-home Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain
Another Brilliant Book Week
The library has been awash with, activity excitement this week as we’ve enjoyed the annual whole college celebration of Book Week. Clearly showing that we are “Better together with books”, every day has offered an enriching contribution to our teaching and learning, including DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time, a story, in-class teacher book recommendations, virtual author visits, a debating event as well as a myriad of activities, quizzes workshops on offer in the library where students are able to not only revel in their love of reading but also win house points! Culminating with our dress-up day today, it is evident that the strong reading culture in our college is something we all know the importance of and value highly.
Image credit: https://www.eden-gallery.com/artwork/david-kracov-book-of-life?
Book Character Dress Up Day and Donation on Friday
The library and the English staff go for the classics
Friday was book character day. On the day we ask for an optional donation to charity. This year, we are supporting TWC2, which promotes treatment for migrant workers in Singapore. We encouraged families to donate via Just Giving using this QR code, although $10 is the lowest donation that can be made. so many students brought in $2 cash donations in envelopes which they passed to their form tutors. It's not too late to donate if you haven't already done using this QR code
As part of Book Week, we are holding an online book fair with Closetful of Books. A 10% discount will be applied automatically at the checkout. The discount is valid from now until Sunday 14 March. All book week authors have books available to purchase in this fair.
Ms Shirley has also made book marks with a QR code for easy access to the book fair. They are available on the front desk of the library.
Thursday was World Book and Authorfy offered tons of free stuff. Like:
- Check out our award-winning author masterclasses here.
- Download free extracts from children's books here.
- Watch author-led writing challenges here.
Book Week Debate
Book Week Debate on Thursday lunch (1 pm) in the Library, L2. Students and teachers brought their lunch along and settled in for a good verbal sparring match.
Motion:
This house believes that books depicting negative gender and racial stereotypes should be banned in schools.
PROP TEAM: Eugene KAMAE Taisei YASUNO Shayan MUKHERJEE
OPP TEAM: Ethan DAUGHERTY Grace CRONIN Kiera DWAN
Alex Gino - Virtual Author Talk
Alex Gino loves glitter, ice cream, gardening, awe-ful puns, and stories that reflect the diversity and complexity of being alive. Their debut middle-grade novel, George, about a fourth-grade transgender girl, received four starred reviews, won Stonewall, Lambda, and Children’s Choice Debut Awards, and has been translated into fourteen languages.
Feedback from students was incredibly inspiring after this virtual author's visit with a person who truly understood the experience of the students. Alex's advice was very supportive and really practical in terms of ways that students can empower and support themselves.
We love that students see the library as a safe where they can come and be themselves.
Drop Everything And Read - DEAR time on Tuesday
Tuesday: DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) students and staff across the school were asked to bring a book or reading device in and wait for surprise announcements during the day to stop and have a read.
House Assembly Book Week Quizzes
Year of the Ox Book Week Message
A fun start to Book Week - it was great to welcome some of our creative students who enjoyed drawing and painting an Ox to pair with a Book Week message.
Parent & Staff Book Week Involvement
Parent & Staff Book Week Involvement
During Book Week the library staff will be shared a talk for our community to enjoy each day. Click HERE to enjoy these. You might also consider entering the competition below - a great prize to be won.
Guess the teacher's reading Bitmoji competition
Students can gain house points and the chance for a draw in the lucky dip prizes box by matching the teachers to their reading Bitmoji avatars.
Congratulations to Ruby Barragallo and Devon Perrin who won the staff reading Bitmoji competition. This competition caused a considerable amount of interest with the students and research shows how important it is for kids to know that the adults in their lives are readers too. Especially at the age our students currently are when workload and other pressures can lead to a decline in their reading habits.
Library Activity Stations
Serialised Story
One section of a story read by the teacher in each lesson throughout the day – concluding in Period 6. This year’s story, "The Drover's Wife", is a dramatic short story by the Australian writer Henry Lawson. It recounts the story of an Outback woman left alone with her four children in an isolated hut.
The benefits of reading to older students
Research shows the benefits of hearing books read aloud, including improved comprehension, reduced stress, and expanded exposure to different types of materials. Click here to read more.
The Book Fair is now live! Closetful of Books curated an excellent digital book fair which is here.
It includes a 10% discount that will be applied automatically at the checkout following details can be found on this page.
On Monday some of our Reading Ambassadors had the pleasure of having a teams call with Denise, one of the owners of Closetful of Books. Denise is a book guru and our students were interested to hear about some of the great titles which are available in the online Book Fair. You can catch up with this online session below:
Better Together with Books: Book Week 2021
Book Week is coming up. Time to prepare a book week costume for the book character day on Friday 5 March. Homemade and recycled costumes are a great idea!
Book Week is the 1- 5 March 2021 and all our events will have the focus that we can be better together when we are sharing books. Books can also make us better when we read about lives that are different from ours and consider a different perspective. We can not travel right now but we can travel into the pages of books and go on magical journeys. Book Week is a celebration of all of this!
We would love our college community to share how they enjoy books. Please post on this and share your photos and ideas.
You could share:
- a photo of yourself reading a book (by yourself or with others in your family)
- a short written recommendation of a book, an eBook an audiobook.
- a reading quote
- a short video clip with a little review or a poem
- a link to a useful website related to books and reading
Dressing up for Book Week - Friday 5 March
https://www.crackerjackcostume.com.au/blogs/article/childrens-book-week-dress-up-costumes
Time to have the question "What shall I wear for Book Week?'' running around in your head so you are ready for Friday 5 March!
To make it easier for everyone we are offering the suggestions below as alternatives for those having difficulty coming up with a book inspired costume:
Alternative ideas for dress-up– you could come dressed in a colour:
Blue without a book
Orange you glad you can read?
Tickled pink for books
Read any good books?
Others are green with envy of our library
Let me know if you can think of any others.