Book Week news and Book Fair information

Book Week highlights

This week we are celebrating Book Week across the school.  The children are very excited about Book Character Dress-Up Day on Friday and we are excited to see them all in their costumes.  So far this week we have had teachers swapping their classes to read to some different children, our Cool Reading Area competition and an author visit in Ōtūmatua.  It has been a fun week so far with more bookish fun to come.

Book Drive for Cholmondeley Children's Centre

As part of our Book Week, we are holding a Book Drive to gather books to donate to Cholmondeley Children's Centre. If you have any children's books that are in good condition and you no longer need, please donate them to our Book Drive. There are some large boxes in our library to add donations to. Once we have gathered the books they will be sorted and delivered to Cholmondeley. These books will then be free to any children who come to stay at Cholmondeley.

You can donate any time throughout Book Week. Just drop any books into the library donation boxes or leave at the library desk in a bag/box.

Scholastic Book Fair - Monday 2 November to Friday 6 November

Our Scholastic Book Fair is coming up next week. This is a great chance to come and buy some books for your children, while supporting our school library at the same time. There are books from as little as $5 as well as posters and stationery items, like pens, pencils and erasers.

During the Book Fair your children may come home with a wishlist. This means that they have had a chance to visit the Book Fair with their class and have seen some things that they would like to buy. There is no pressure to purchase anything but these wishlists can help to show you what your children have seen at the Book Fair. There is a space on the back to put your credit card details if you would like to purchase something but aren't able to come into the Book Fair.

The Book Fair will be open at these times:

Monday 2 November 8:30-9:00 and 3:00-3:30

Tuesday 3 November 8:30-9:00 and 3:00-3:30

Wednesday 4 November 8:30-9:00 and 3:00-3:30

Thursday 5 November 8:30-9:00 and 3:00-3:30

Friday 6 November 8:30-9:00 (no afternoon session on this day)

There will be a separate desk for buying stationery items such as pens, pencils and rubbers for this Book Fair. All stationery items are $2 each and we will only be taking cash for these. All other purchases can go through the main desk, with cash, EFTPOS and credit card options available.

Book Fair Family Night - Wednesday 4 November

There will also be an extra chance to purchase from the Book Fair on Wednesday 4 November between 6:30pm-7:30pm. We will have a Family Night where I will share some of the wonderful books in the Book Fair from 6:30-7:00pm and the Book Fair will be open for purchasing.