​44 students from the Read Write Inc group in rooms 19/20 have been working on publishing their own versions of Freya Blackwood's picture book, "the Great Rabbit Chase".They have spent a term constructing their characters and storyline as well as illustrating the text.
Mrs Matthews, Mrs McAskill and myself are very proud of their efforts. They made one copy to keep and one copy for other students to borrow from the library.

This is our second year running  Writers' Week(s) at Ardtornish. We have expanded the amount of writers who visit the school and have ensured all students have the opportunity to see at least 2 authors. 
In week 3 of term 3 the junior and middle primary students were lucky to see two South Australian authors, Mike Dumbleton and Amanda Graham. Students heard about writing techniques and ideas as well as learning how to sketch different characters.
In week 4 middle and upper primary school students listened to Dan McGuiness, a graphic novelist as well as Deborah Abela, Christine Harris and Michael Panckridge from interstate. Each visitor shared information about the writing and creating process and inspired the students to read their books and write or draw their own stories.
To assist with the smooth running of the visits, students applied to be "ambassadors" helping the authors to move around the school and to ensure their visit was enjoyable. They did a great job and are a credit to our school. All authors were highly impressed by their behaviour and support.
Thank you to all the ambassadors, Alex R (room 27), Mia H (room 10), Max J (room 29), Rayyan P (room 27), Taneisha M (room 22), Sam J (room 29), Kayla T, (room 22), Erin M ( room 30), Maddison H ( room 20), Georgia D ( room 30), Imogene J (room 29), Charlotte S (room 8), Ethan M (room 7), Abby Scott (room31), Tayla T (room 24), Samantha M (room11), Jess Freebairn (room 30), Karah G (room9) and Jada R (room 9).
  

Thank you to all the APS students who entered the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s (South Australia Branch) "Find Your Treasure" poster competition in term 1. Over 400 children state wide participated in this art competition and Emily Rawson and Jess Goulding, two students in room 11 received an honourable mention. Their art will be on display in the library for the next few months.  Well done, your artwork is beautiful. 

We had a very successful Book Fair in May and Cranky Bear came to visit. Well done to Navi who won the raffle.

Rooms 19 and 20 had great fun with their buddies  room 8, creating artwork for a "Pig the Pug" wall in the library. Pig is a favourite character and Aaron Blabey's books are read constantly.