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Scholastic Book Fair is Coming in Week 7!

If you are able to help out with sales Mon 10 June – Wed 12 June please get in touch with Mrs Dale in the library or email claire.dale@cewa.edu.au. There will be morning & afternoon sessions to help with.

Thank you in advance.

National Simultaneous Storytime at OLA

On Wednesday 22 May, students from Kindy to Year 4 enjoyed sharing this year’s chosen book, Alpacas with Maracas, by Matt Cosgrove. This book is from the Macca the Alpaca series, which is well loved by our students. This year, we enjoyed watching a video of the book being read by Matt Cosgrove, Jimmy Giggle, an Alpaca & a Llama!

Our Year 1 students were lucky enough to attend a special reading at Dianella Library for National Simultaneous Storytime, where they listened to the story and completed a fun activity. The students loved hearing about Macca’s latest adventures competing in a talent show and were so well behaved while visiting the library.

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. Now in its 19th successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children’s book that explores age-appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Foundation to Year 6.

By facilitating NSS we aim to:

  • promote the value of reading and literacy;
  • promote the value and fun of books;
  • promote an Australian writer and publisher;
  • promote storytime activities in public libraries and communities around the country;
  • provide opportunities to involve parents, grandparents, the media and others to participate in and enjoy the occasion.

Thank you all for supporting this valuable initiative to encourage a love of reading.

I wonder what next year’s book will be?

 

Claire Dale
OLA Library Officer

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