Special Guest – Taryn Brumfitt - Embrace your Body

The year 2’s at CVPS were very fortunate to be a part of the release of South Australia’s 2023 Australian of the Year Award winner, Taryn Brumfitt’s new picture book ‘Embrace your Body’. With the support of MAZDA Edwardstown, Taryn came to visit our school, and share her story with the year 2 students. She then handed out a free book for every student. The children had an amazing time; listening to a great story, making some craft and having a dance to the Embrace Your Body song.

A MASSIVE thank you to Taryn for coming and sharing her amazing book and very important message to our students. Also, a HUGE thank you to MAZDA Edwardstown by making this possible and organising the beautiful picture book to give to every student. It was an extremely special occasion!

To find out more about the great work that Taryn is doing, and to listen to the catchy tune, please check out the links below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld9MJi3aGMU - song

https://theembracehub.com/ - website with information for students, parents and others

Premiers Reading Challenge Reception

What an honour it was to take our two school representatives to the PRC reception. They were both wonderful ambassadors for our school and did an amazing job. Being in the top 55 schools in the state for the PRC, CVPS was given the opportunity to attend the reception and also given the bonus of a couple of zoo passes. How lucky!

Did you know that the PRC has been going for 19 years?

Did you know that South Australia was the first state to begin this initiative and many states have followed since?

It all began, just after the Sydney Olympics. Our premier watched the Olympics where people with sporting ability were given medals to recognise their successes. This developed into an idea. He wanted to celebrate the academic achievements for those who excelled in literature, and so the PRC was created. What an amazing idea!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the PRC this year. I hope you have developed an even greater love for reading and literature.