Books to inspire plastic free every month!
Plastic free July is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean we should head back into our plastic devouring ways on the 1st August. There are many books out…
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Let the judging begin!
Every year the CBCA announce a list of books that are notable from the previous year and every year we sit and wonder who will win. Many schools hold their…
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CBCA Notable lesson ideas
Older readers Lenny’s book of everything by Karen Foxlee Tales from Inner City by Shaun Tan https://educateempower.blog/2019/03/06/tales-from-the-inner-city-by-shaun-tan/ Younger readers Black Cockatoo by Carl Merrison His Name was walter...
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Book Week 2018 activities for classrooms
Need some inspiration for this year’s CBCA Book Week? Check these out! Sustainability How can we host a waste free Book week? Come up with ideas for costumes and decorations…
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Find your treasure #4
Where can you find treasure in storybooks? With dragons of course! This week we found as many dragon books as we could and created a display. Dragons can be treasures…
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Find your treasure #3: Book mark treasure
Treasure is the word in our library and this week we have created some book marks that will ignite thinking about the wondrous treasures books can bring. These book marks…
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Find your treasure #2
This year the theme for book week is Find your treasure, so each week in our library we will be taking part in a small activity where the theme will…
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Find your treasure #1
This year’s CBCA book week theme is Find your treasure. In our library the students will be participating in a variety of competitions with great book prizes! Perhaps you would…
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