We celebrated the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book Week in style and completely embracing this year’s theme: A Symphony of Stories. It was wonderful to see students and staff getting involved across the week and celebrating books, reading and the many ways that stories entertain, inspire and bring us together.

We kicked off Book Week on Monday in a very fitting way, with a special performance from three of our VCE Music students. Massive thanks to Levi, Kai and Angus for sharing with us their love and passion for telling stories through song and music. Their performance provided the perfect launch for Symphony of Stories and was a great way to connect this year’s musical theme.

Throughout the week, students were also invited to put their own storytelling skills to the test in our Microfiction Writing Competition. The challenge was to create an engaging story between 50-100 words using provided prompts. We received some fantastic entries, and we look forward to announcing the winner and publishing the winning piece next week. The library really was alive with scavenger hunts and vibrant displays (did you judge the teacher by their cover?).

There was also plenty of friendly competition with our daily book-themed quizzes. Each day brought a new set of questions covering books, characters, authors and stories, with our daily winners announced through the student messages. Thank you to everyone who joined in and tested their literary knowledge! Winners have been announced in Daily Messages.

Of course, one of the highlights of the week was our Book Week Dress-Up Day on Thursday. It was fantastic to see so many students and staff getting into the spirit of the day and bringing some much-loved characters and stories to life. It was particularly great to see our Year 12 students embracing their final Book Week and getting involved with plenty of enthusiasm and creativity. A special shout-out to 12D, and their whole- class Rainbow Fish!

The theme for next year’s Book Week was announced today and you know that we will be making it even bigger and better in 2027!

Happy Reading! The Library Team.