Our Book Week Celebrations
It is always heart -warming to see the students at Cromer
school celebrating a love of reading at the book parade. As usual, all of the
students and staff went to a great deal of trouble to represent their favourite
characters in a colourful and exciting parade.
The finale of the parade was the appearance of our new mascot
Skippin the Library Dog. We look forward to many more appearances from him encouraging
us to find new friends in books.
Our book fair was very successful and we received $1600
worth of new books for our library as commission. The students in grades Kindergarten
to Year Two were enthralled with the story telling skills of Andy Wright. Oliver Phommavanh entertained the primary school students as he described his journey as an author.
The Term Four Program
Kindergarten
The students in Kindergarten will be learning all about visual
literacy both in the library and in class as the teachers and I work together
to develop this very important skill. Five books have been chosen for the
library lessons. They are:
The Tomorrow Book by
Jackie French and Sue DeGennaro
Through the Magic
Mirror by Anthony Browne
Piggybook by Anthony Browne
Cat by Mike
Dumbleton and Craig Smith
The Terrible Plop
by Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner
Additional books have been supplied to the Kindergarten teachers
to support the learning that has taken place in the library.
Year One
The students in Year One will also be developing their
skills of visual literacy with an author study of the work of Colin McNaughton.
The books to be studied are:
Suddenly
Oops!
S.W.A.L.K
Football Crazy
Captain Abdul’s Little
Treasure
Year Two
The students in Year Two will be undertaking a study of
fractured fairy tales. In each lesson we will read the original tale and then a
fractured version written through the eyes of one of the characters in the story. We will watch
film clips of the fairy tales analysing similarities and differences and the
elements that make them humorous. The students will plan their own fractured
fairy tales to share with the class.
Year Three
The students in Year Three will study the book Nim’s Island
by Wendy Orr. Each week a chapter will be read and activities such as character
analysis, mapping exercises, environmental poster making, research and diary
writing will be undertaken.
Year Four
In Year 4 we have begun a study of the work of Roald
Dahl. We will explore various aspects of his work and embark on some writing
activities inspired by themes and issues in his novels. Roald Dahl books are
extremely popular in our library and his work is most entertaining for us all.
Years Five and Six
In Year five we will be studying classics in graphic novel
form. We will use our skills of visual literacy to analyse the graphic
presentations and film clips. Books to be studied are:
Year Five:
The Hound of the
Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Gulliver’s Travels by
Jonathan Swift
Jason and the Golden
Fleece
The Jungle Book by
Rudyard Kipling
The Adventure of the
Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
Year Six:
Frankenstein by
Mary Shelley
The Strange Case of Dr
Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
War of the Worlds by
H G Wells
20 000 Leagues Under
the Sea by Jules Verne
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Stocktake
Our annual stocktake will begin in week 9 of this term. All
library books must be returned by the end of week 8. Any student who has no
outstanding books will receive a ticket in our library raffle.
