Celebrating CVPS’ love of BOOKS!

What a wonderful way to finish an awesome Book Week! The sun was shining, and everyone was smiling. The costumes were incredible, and the talent was outstanding. Thank you to everyone who was able to come along and enjoy our Book Week spectacular of our parade and concert. For those who were unable to make the day, we hope you were able to experience the livestreaming and video coverage. The students certainly enjoyed the day and we hope you loved it as much as we did!

Book Week saw our school celebrating books in so many different ways. From Book Picnics to author talks, performances to competition. And who could forget our show stopping concert that concluded the festivities, after the most amazing costume parade ever….CORO certainly experienced it all!

Competition X 3 …..

Many competitions were held over the last few weeks and our winners have been announced. We had students rushing around the school, using their detective skills and book knowledge to recognise names of books and various favourite character. We also had a competition to “design your own book cover”. The students created new front covers and wrote their own blurb for their favourite book. Congratulations to the students for their amazing entries.

Some of our competition winners!

Book Picnics….

The students from all year levels joined in to celebrate CBCA’s book Week and get to know the books in each category. We explored all the shortlisted books through our Book Picnics. Finding our own favourites and voting for those we thought may be the winners. Each category‘s criteria was explored to understand what qualities each were looking for.

Elephants and more….

Did you know, you can draw an elephant by starting with the simple pear shape? Well Mandy Foot, a highly talented local author and illustrator, showed us how. She ran workshops for the students in years 4 -7. Everyone was captivated throughout the session, asking thoughtful questions and wholeheartedly enjoying the opportunity to draw their very own elephant….beginning with …you guessed it…..a  pear!

Story Quest….

The students in Reception to year 3 enjoyed a Story Quest performance. They were engaged in the drama filled performance, watching and dancing along with the actors who dramatically shared three of the shortlisted books through drama.

Dreaming through masks….

Many classes across the school, joined in with the activity provided by Mitcham Library. Each class was given masks to decorate. They all had a great time using many creative techniques and materials to make theirs unique. The masks are now on display at the Mitcham Library and you may like to go and check them out with your family. Here is a picture of 5BB proudly showing off their creations!

The Grand Finale….

We finished the week on a high, with an amazingly warm winters day, the parade was enjoyed by many, along with the concert of talented students. The costumes were colourful and creative. The smiles were large and infectious! Everyone had the best day ever! Thank you to everyone who made this day such a wonderful success. Many beautiful memories were made and will be remembered for years to come.

Student Highlights…. 

I enjoyed dressing up and spending time with friends. I enjoyed learning about artist’s life behind the scenes. Maddy M.

I enjoyed seeing all the people dressed up and the doing the book Week Parade. Jack C.

I really enjoyed talking with Many Foot about techniques for writing books and the process that she went through when creating them. Logan J