Children's Book Week is fast approaching (20-26 August) and to honour it we are hosting Lit Fest 2016 at PRSC! Still book-themed and lots of fun, but aimed at the big kids. Perhaps Book Week's bigger brother?
This year's theme is Australia: Story Country. We are focussing on the myriad of stories told by all kinds of Aussies, our students included! Whether it is listening to stories, reading them, creating them or performing them, there is going to be so much happening in the library each day during this festival! The entire week is going to be jam-packed - there is going to be a literary treasure hunt, story writing games, a book making station, Dramatic Reading Competition, and (my favourite) a makeshift campfire by which to toast marshmallows and listen to traditional Australian stories. There are going to be so many opportunities for our students to read, be read to, and, just as importantly, to see themselves as tellers of stories worth listening to! I'm so excited and grateful to our amazing librarians who make things like this possible.
So between creating said campfire and helping students rehearse for their Dramatic Reading Comp, I'm going to be calling on all the wonderful storytellers I know. If you can share some hints and tips or an hour of your time, I know a whole bunch of kids whose Lit Fest will be all the better for it! Email LRH to find out more about helping out during Book Week, or any of our workshops.
Just another step towards Lighthouse Domination - I mean, in the name of getting the word out for this wonderful project!!
Rach x
This year's theme is Australia: Story Country. We are focussing on the myriad of stories told by all kinds of Aussies, our students included! Whether it is listening to stories, reading them, creating them or performing them, there is going to be so much happening in the library each day during this festival! The entire week is going to be jam-packed - there is going to be a literary treasure hunt, story writing games, a book making station, Dramatic Reading Competition, and (my favourite) a makeshift campfire by which to toast marshmallows and listen to traditional Australian stories. There are going to be so many opportunities for our students to read, be read to, and, just as importantly, to see themselves as tellers of stories worth listening to! I'm so excited and grateful to our amazing librarians who make things like this possible.
So between creating said campfire and helping students rehearse for their Dramatic Reading Comp, I'm going to be calling on all the wonderful storytellers I know. If you can share some hints and tips or an hour of your time, I know a whole bunch of kids whose Lit Fest will be all the better for it! Email LRH to find out more about helping out during Book Week, or any of our workshops.
Just another step towards Lighthouse Domination - I mean, in the name of getting the word out for this wonderful project!!
Rach x