Book Week - Reading is Magic

CBCA Children's Book Week 2024: Reading is Magic! 

Daily Storytime, Book Swap, Games, a tree with hidden surprises and a Book Week Parade

The Magic Faraway Tree has popped up in the Lumen Library to remind us of the magic of books! 

All of Week 5 this term, primary students will be celebrating CBCA Children's Book Week. The theme for Book Week 2024 is "Reading is Magic". Book Week celebrates literacy and a love of reading, books and book characters. It is a week that students come together and enjoy sharing their favourite books and characters with their peers and wider college community. We also celebrate the CBCA award shortlist, and read the celebrated books in class. 

This year Book Week will culminate on Friday 23 August at 9:15am in the Lumen Christi Catholic College Hall with a Character Parade. Parents and Carers are welcome to come and watch the parade. Students from each class will introduce their character and the book that it comes from (which they do not have to bring), and parade their characters past the audience. Dame Washalot and Saucepan Man will be visiting to help award prizes for Most Creative, Best Effort, Most Magic and Most Bookish. We are looking forward to another fantastic Book Week and seeing all of the wonderful characters that students portray on the day. 

We love it when students choose an actual book character to dress up as, as this truly celebrates books and reading! As parents ourselves, we do know how hard it can be to let films and movies infiltrate our early concept of narrative and stories. Please help your child to connect the event as much as possible with books and reading, but do consider this a longer-term goal if you find yourself bringing a minion or Marvel character to school that day.

Book Week in the Library will run from Monday to Friday and will include daily story time at recess and games during lunch time.

A Book Swap will also be happening in the Lightwell (Library) from Monday to Thursday of Book Week during recess only. 

Over the next few weeks students are encouraged to bring in 3 books (or more!) to donate to the Book Swap, raising money for SJA. They will receive 1 ticket to exchange for 1 free book during the Book Swap. Students are also able to purchase books from the Book Swap for $1 each. Leading up to the Book Swap there will also be clues given for a Golden Ticket. The student wo receives the Golden Ticket can exchange it for a free book at the Book Swap. 

Please note: Only donations of Picture Books, Junior Fiction and Young Adult novels will be accepted.