On Monday the 19th of August we celebrated Book Week, and what a celebration it was!
In the morning Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 5 students received a visit from the author Ursula Dubosarsky. She shared her writing process, where she gets her ideas and how she develops these ideas into stories. Our students were able to ask many questions as Ursula discussed her popular children titles, The Terrible Plop, Too Many Elephants in This House, The Blue Cat and Tim and Ed.
It was then time for the much anticipated assembly. Students paraded their extremely creative costumes with students and families cheering them on. The teachers also got into the spirit and came dressed as the hungry caterpillar. Some of the teachers even presented a Readers’ Theatre about a bikie gang who stumble across a library and are immersed in the wonderful literature they find there.
Later in the day, students formed teams of four to participate in a ‘Scavenger Hunt’ across the school. They visited different classrooms to complete activities and earned points for showing respectful and collaborative behaviours.
On Wednesday, Year 3 and Year 5 students were spoilt with a visit from popular author Louise Park. She shared her writing strategies of show, rather than tell, creating memorable characters, techniques for developing quests and adventure stories and much much more!
Our Lady of Mt Carmel | Wentworthville
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18 Aug 2025
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What an adventurous day we’ve had! This morning, our school came alive with dragons, detectives, pirates, superheroes, and so many favourite storybook characters. From creative homemade outfits to much-loved store-bought costumes, the parade was bursting with colour and imagination. And yes, the staff costume reveal was absolutely worth the wait! The adventure didn’t stop there. At midday, the whole school joined in a giant scavenger hunt! Teams made up of students from across all grades raced around solving riddles and uncovering hidden locations. You might be thinking, “392 students running all over the school? Surely that’s chaos!” Well… yes, but it was the most joyful kind of chaos—filled with teamwork, laughter, and plenty of friendly competition. 🏆 Points Update: Elijah (Red): 2444 Gilroy (Blue): 2660 Mackillop (Green): 1798 McAuley (Gold): 2291 A huge thank you to our parents, carers, and staff who joined the fun and helped make Book Week such a memorable celebration. 📚💫![763565872230263_1280612510525594-1]()
18 Aug 2025
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👩👩👦📚✨ Book Week magic doesn’t just happen, it’s thanks to the incredible effort of our parents and teachers who helped bring these costumes (and stories!) to life. Check out the staff and parent costume 👀
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18 Aug 2025
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What an adventurous day we’ve had! This morning, our school came alive with dragons, detectives, pirates, superheroes, and so many favourite storybook characters. From creative homemade outfits to much-loved store-bought costumes, the parade was bursting with colour and imagination. And yes, the staff costume reveal was absolutely worth the wait! The adventure didn’t stop there. At midday, the whole school joined in a giant scavenger hunt! Teams made up of students from across all grades raced around solving riddles and uncovering hidden locations. You might be thinking, “392 students running all over the school? Surely that’s chaos!” Well… yes, but it was the most joyful kind of chaos—filled with teamwork, laughter, and plenty of friendly competition. 🏆 Points Update: Elijah (Red): 2444 Gilroy (Blue): 2660 Mackillop (Green): 1798 McAuley (Gold): 2291 A huge thank you to our parents, carers, and staff who joined the fun and helped make Book Week such a memorable celebration. 📚💫
18 Aug 2025
From Facebook
👩👩👦📚✨ Book Week magic doesn’t just happen, it’s thanks to the incredible effort of our parents and teachers who helped bring these costumes (and stories!) to life. Check out the staff and parent costume 👀
18 Aug 2025
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📚✨ What a parade of imagination! Our Kindergarten Book Week costumes turned our school into a living library of heroes, villains, and storybook favourites!
18 Aug 2025
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🧙♂️ The power of stories jumped off the page today! Thank you to our Yr1 families and students for making Book Week costumes so unforgettable.
18 Aug 2025
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📖 Our Yr2 students didn’t just read the stories….they became the stories! What an incredible showcase of Book Week costumes.
18 Aug 2025
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🎭 A huge round of applause to our creative Yr3 readers! The costumes at today’s Book Week parade were absolutely show-stopping!
18 Aug 2025
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🌟 Book Week brought the characters we love to life! The imagination and effort behind the Yr4 costumes is truly inspiring.
18 Aug 2025
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📚 From wizards to wild things, superheroes to storybook classics, our Yr5 Book Week costumes were nothing short of spectacular!
18 Aug 2025
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✨ Book Week magic is alive! Our Yr6 students stepped straight out of the pages of their favourite stories today with the most amazing costumes!
15 Aug 2025
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This week, in the lead-up to our annual Book Week parade, our students had the incredible opportunity to take part in illustration workshops with talented artists Nathaniel Eckstrom and David Legge. This coming Monday (August,18th), we are celebrating Book Week with our annual whole-school dress-up. We’re encouraging children to set off on their own adventure by creating their own costumes. While store-bought costumes are welcome, we hope to see imaginative homemade designs wherever possible. Students, don’t forget to bring a copy or picture of your chosen book to earn points for your house colour. In the same spirit of homemade costumes, our staff have been busily creating their own outfits, sewing kits in hand. We can’t wait for you to see the big reveal on Monday! Given the predicted rain we will update parents and carers about if the parade will go ahead, however we have made alternative plans for all of the other events to make sure our students have a ball on Monday!!!! We can’t wait to celebrate! 💛💙
13 Aug 2025
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What amazing efforts and great learning from our award recipients for Week 4! Keep it up little legends💙💛💙💛