It's Children's Book Week this week (August 20th - 26th). Book Week is the longest running children's festival in Australia, celebrating its 65th birthday in 2010. Each year, many schools and public libraries from all over Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators.
Of course, we are running the school sculpture competition to celebrate. If you haven't already checked them out, pop into Wallan, Seymour and Kilmore libraries to check them out and vote on your favourites. Voting closes on Friday 26th August!
Song of the week...
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching in to get out of the rain
In to get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to tie his shoe
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to climb a tree
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to shut the door
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to take a dive
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to pick up sticks
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to pray to heaven
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to shut the gate
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to check the time
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah...
The little one stops to say "THE END"
2011 Book of the Year Award winners...
Book of the Year: Younger Readers
Honour Books: Younger Readers
Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Honour Books: Early Childhood
Picture Book of the Year
Honour Books: Picture Book of the Year
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Cool things to do...
Visit the Kilmore Scout Market on Saturday 30 July from 9am until 1pm. It's held on the last Saturday of every month and features over 40 stalls offering a variety of new and used goods, arts and craft and local produce. It's at Hudson Park, Sydney Street, Kilmore. For more information contact Sharon Wilson on 0427 230 971, email: swilson789@hotmail.com or visit http://tilbatilba.org.au/kilmore
Check out the CARTWHEELS Schools Festival on Saturday 27 August from 5:30pm till 8pm. A celebration of school students work in the Cathedral Cluster Schools, this is an evening to showcase creative works including song, performance, visula arts and music. Community Music Groups also performing. Food available. It's on at the Alexandra Secondary College Grounds. For information contact Nicola Woolford on 57702200 or email: nwoolford@berrystreet.org.au
If you're aged between 4-12 years, head to St. Kilda on Sunday 28 August between 10am and 2pm for a great day out with other cool kids at Cool Kids Day. Kids can participate in activities that will teach them about the environment and the important things that they can do to help look after it. The day will feature live entertainment and activities for children and their families, including a rock-climbing wall, face painting, a snakes display, pot-planting, painting, crafts, games and prizes.
All proceeds will go towards the expansion and further development of the Our Cool School Educational Program, which is one of Australia's leading online environmental resources that reaches more than 125,000 students every year. Costs for adults is $25, concession $20, child $10, family (4 people) $60. It's at St. Kilda Town Hall, 99a Carlisle Street, St. Kilda. Enquiries and bookings: http://www.coolkidsday.org.au/
Joke of the week...
Why did the teacher wear sunglasses?
Because his class was so bright!
Because his class was so bright!
That's it for this week. See you next time!
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