(Photo: SMCC)
September 9, 2015
St Mary’s Catholic College celebrated Book Week – “Books Light Up Our World” – with two big events: a dress-up parade and mass reading event, and the popular Campfire Stories night.
Prep to Year 6 students came dressed as their favourite book characters for the annual Book Week parade.
Staff members were dressed as pirates to support the book, “Portside Pirates”.
The Mary Knoll Centre was a magnificent sight to see, with an array of colourful costumes and smiling faces.
Among the dress-ups were Frozen characters, Spiderman, princesses, Fancy Nancy, Minions and Pony Pals.
The audience was kept entertained by the pirates doing a dance to the song “Portside Pirates”.
Students were given a bookmark to commemorate the occasion, followed by a mass reading event for 15 minutes on the oval where younger students buddied up with older students to share their favourite books.
On the Wednesday night, students, teachers and parents came dressed in their pyjamas and “onesies” to listen to a range of stories and entertaining songs.
It was a wonderful night with a cosy fire, great musical talent and storytelling skills. Milk and cookies were served to conclude the night and was a welcome treat for students.
During the week, students enjoyed a variety of lunchtime activities and daily guest readers.
Each primary class worked on a big display for the library using some of the short-listed books as their focus.
Reading levels have been high and has culminated in all students meeting the Premier’s Reading challenge from Prep-Year 7.
This has been a huge achievement for students and it has been a pleasure to see the value and benefits of reading in our lives.
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