Book Week
We have been enjoying the Book Week activities arranged for us through the library. Toady we had a delightful art activity with Ms Sweeney where we completed reading the Book Fire by Jackie French and admiring the fabulous illustrations by Bruce Whatley.
He captured the essence of Jackie’s text beautifully, so we had a go at water colour art work too. We carefully used fire colours to do a wash back ground and while our pages were drying Ms. Sweeney read the book to us. How ferocious was the fire monster that destroyed the area.
To show our version of the blackened debris left after a devastating fire, we put a blob of watery black paint and used a straw to blow streaks of spidery blackness to show burnt clawed trees. As we listened to Ms Sweeney read the text, many of us were using our self to text skills, remembering experiences we have shared in creating images in our heads.
Some of us felt a little dizzy using all our breath to blow the paint around. What fun. We can’t wait to see our finished paintings. Our paintings were left to dry.
We decided to mount them on coloured card. We chose “fire”colours to help our paintings stand out. What do you think?
The short listed books
We hadn’t quite read all the short listed picture books, but from the ones we did get a chance to read, we had a go at voting for our favourite ones during our library borrowing.
We have read the following so far…
So far lots of stickers went on Pig the Pug. I wonder how that will go.
Stay tuned for dress up day Wednesday, 26th August
How exciting it was to come in and find new characters have moved into our room.
The Cat in the Hat has found his friend Wobbles the Clown
Who is your character?
It was exciting walking down to our special Book Week assembly. Everyone looked fantastic.
How cool did we look.
We are the Knights of Literacy. Defenders of the written word, protector of Queen Sweeney – Keeper of the holy keys to learning.
Bindi, Wobbles the Clown, Pippi Longstockings and Jessie
Jinga, Ricardo, Grover and Captain America
Tom, Steve, Enderman
Dorothy and Little Red Riding Hood.
Scourge, Hello Kitty, Bat Girl
Skeleton, Specky Mcgee and Ronaldo
Thing one, The Cat in the Hat and Thing two.
Oh what fun we hat parading around in our costumes. Book week is awesome.
Although Book Week is celebrated this week we reckon it’s book week every week. Where would we be without books?
howdy guys
It was so fun it seems it was only last week. That proves time goes fast when were having fun!
kind regards Oscar
Hi everyone,
I loved how everyone dressed!
I love book week, don`t you? and whats your favourite book?
Next year I`m dressing up as Veruka Sault from the book
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
cheers
Ava
Hello Ellen,
I had so much fun dressing up for book week,I also love reading The series of unfortunate events. I wanted to dress up as Violet but i didn’t anything to wear!
Did you have fun dressing up for book week?
I wonder what you will dress up as next year!
Regards: Emilia
G’day Emilia,
I did indeed enjoy dressing up for Book Week, I love the idea of pretending to be a powerful character. I’m not sure about next year as I tend to wait and see what the theme is or what the class is like.I was thinking of coming as Dr Who, but he’s not really a book character. I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see. Are you already planning your outfit?
THanks Ellen
To bad it was over the next day😭😭😭
We all look so good.the best was probably the cat in the hat because they all where themed on doctor Seuss from oscar$$$1
Every one looked so cool what do you think Ellen? by hudson
Hudson I agree with you they all did a great job getting into the spirit of book week. I particularly liked the variety of characters we had. Do you like playing dress up and pretending to be someone else? If you could change your character what would you do?
Ellen
I agree Dylan which one did you believe was the most awesome A?
Ellen
My mum did it and when I went to have a bath the water turned blue
by Ella
I kind of looked like a witch
You think? I suppose if you changed the outfit perhaps, it’s hard to get Thing 2’s hair to be like the real thing I thought you or whoever did your hair did a fabulous job. How are you going to comb it with all those tangles Ella? Will the blue stay in?
Ellen
Tia
I loved the knights of literacy they all look good! I was the clown. Alicia did you ever let thing 1 and thing 2 out of there box?
It was fun being a knight although I don’t think I’d like to wear the real armor it would be far to heavy for my little body! So could you juggle Tia?
Ellen
I did at the end of the day because they needed it.
Alicia!!!!!!!!
Hi Ellen I like the practise they are lovely. From Ricardo
What part did you enjoy most Ricardo?
I enjoyed dressing up and seeing other costumes.