We celebrated Book Week 2024 throughout Week 7, with the highlight of the week being our Dress Up Parade. We want to express our heartfelt thanks to all of our students, parents and carers who made such an effort with costumes for the event. Your support and participation are invaluable to us.
It is important to St Patrick's that we continue to introduce our students to a diverse range of new and exciting literature. The focus on the Children's Book Council of Australia shortlisted books, which cover a wide variety of genres and themes, helps to expose our students to some fantastic new stories.
Our students and staff, in the annual tradition of St Pat's, once again adorned their classroom doors with the essence of their chosen CBCA-shortlisted book. The displays, as always, were nothing short of extraordinary, adding a vibrant touch to our school.
We opened voting to our community through Facebook, and LG2 emerged victorious with their captivating 'Bowerbird Blues' door. The door was a stunning portrayal of a collection of blue items, reminiscent of the beautiful bowerbirds' foraging habits.
We also invited Fr Stanley to St Patrick's to get his unbiased vote on behalf of our Parish community. He enjoyed exploring the school and discussing each display with the classes. After much deliberation, he settled on LG4 as the winners with their rather disgusting 'Eww Gross' door. The door contained many fascinating and 'gross' facts that LG4 have thoroughly enjoyed learning about and experimenting with. They even included QR codes to make the door interactive. We strongly recommend checking your child's room to ensure there are no experimental dirty undies growing plants under the bed!
We want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of our staff. Their dedication and creativity in decorating their doors truly made this Book Week a memorable one. It was a joy to shine a spotlight on the incredible literature that surrounds us!
