They created their own wonderful picture books and shared them today with their invited guests.
The Independent RWInc group in the library were inspired by the book "No! Never!" by Libby Hathorn and Lisa Hathorn-Jarman.
They created their own wonderful picture books and shared them today with their invited guests.
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SA author Kristin Weidenbach visited Ardtornish PS on Thursday, September 16th and spoke about her non fiction books and her writing. Kristin showed some of the original artwork and told the special behind the scenes stories about the illustrations and the characters in her stories. Ambassadors Clare, Chloe and Freyja made sure that Kristin could find her way to the 4 classes she visited and helped her carry all of her displays. Well-known SA author Janeen Brian visited APS on September 9th and 10th and talked to 8 classes about her writing, novels and picture books. Ambassadors Alice E, Harper, Amalie R, Abbie, Lillee and Agam assisted Janeen on her 2 day visit. SA children's book illustrator Danny Snell visited APS on the 9th and 10th of September 2021. Danny talked about his work and how he illustrates books. The students were able to try their hand at illustrating a wombat. Ambassadors Isabella, Penelope, Felix, Shantae and Jude looked after danny and made sure he could find his way around the school to visit 8 classes over 2 days. Visiting performance group, Bell Shakespeare performed "Just Romeo and Juliet" a version of Shakespeare's play adapted by Andy Griffiths. This was well received by the year 5-7 students and the 3 actors ahd the students entertained and laughing throughout the performance.
Well known S A children's author Rosanne Hawke visited our school in term 3 on Monday 6th September. She spoke to 4 classes about her books and how she creates her stories, using photographs, her note book and objects as inspiration. Ambassadors, Emily, Jessica and Erin were her school guides and interviewed her on film. Rosanne kindly gave each student a signed copy of one of her novels. Unfortunately for a second year in a row, APS have not been able to celebrate Book Week with an assembly due to Covid restrictions but each classroom had fun with their buddy class when they dressed up and sang to "All About the Books". In term 3, week 6 APS library celebrated Book Week. The theme "Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds", was on display with an outer space display, ancient Egyptian reading room and a micro worlds display of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. There were lots of special themed activities, treasure hunts, quizzes, Kahoot competitions and a felt board story.
Marion had been a volunteer in the APS library for nearly 15 years and we appreciate all the shelving and book covering she has completed throughout that time. Marion celebrated her 80th birthday during Book Week and enjoyed a special "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" cake morning tea in the library. It was great to have Perform Education visit our school on Wednesday, August 11th to perform their Book Week play, "Bigger, Better, Brighter" and ex student Mellisa was in the cast too.
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AuthorI am the teacher librarian at Ardtornish Primary School. I have been teaching in South Australia for many years and have a passion for children's literature. Archives
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