CBCA Archives - Vanessa Ryan-Rendall

Let the judging begin!

Posted 15 March 2019 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 468 0 0

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 own voting competitions but I thought it would be much better for the students to learn...

CBCA Notable lesson ideas

Posted 14 March 2019 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 508 0 0

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...

Find your treasure #4

Posted 9 April 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 498 0 0

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 And Dragons can be the guardians of treasure Dragons can be mysterious and...

Find your treasure #3: Book mark treasure

Posted 14 March 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 460 0 0

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 have been created by children of all ages and through this I can see the...

Treasure

Posted 8 March 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 522 0 0

What type of treasure will you find in your library today? What will it look like? Will it be what you expected? Will it surprise you? horror you? confuse you? love you? worry you? engage you? Will it make you talk about it for weeks and week?...

Find your treasure #2

Posted 26 February 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 494 0 0

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 be promoted. I have some much loved covers from my Who gives a crap toilet paper and instead of...

Find your treasure #1

Posted 19 February 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 442 0 0

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 like to participate in some of these at your school? Visit my Tpt...

Snap reviews:A most magical girl by Karen Foxlee

Posted 19 September 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 438 0 0

I’ve always loved adventure stories and magic stories so A most magical girl by Karen Foxlee was a great find! Shortlisted in the 2017 CBCA, this story takes the reader on a magical journey through a part of London I am sure you never thought...

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd

Posted 18 August 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 496 0 0

It has painted on lights and a bark numberplate that keeps falling off and we have to remake it. The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd is a fun book filled with onomatopoeia, vibrant adjectives and outside active play. As you...

Escape to everywhere

Posted 9 August 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 516 0 0

Have you ever read a book and wished that you could escape to that magical land? Perhaps you wished that your cupboard opened up to a secret land where you could meet animals that could talk, eat sweet biscuits with new friends and watch magic...

Python by Christopher Cheng and Mark Jackson

Posted 4 August 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 508 0 0

It’s morning in the bush. Python stirs and slithers out from her shelter. She warms her head and smells the air with her forked tongue. Python is a beautiful snake, but also dangerous – and she is looking for a meal Python by Christopher Cheng...

Beyond the first shelf….

Posted 25 July 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 436 0 0

You may not think of yourself as a creative writer or an avid reader but we need to encourage our children to be just that. Deep inside the library there are many books that have not been discovered and perhaps there is one hidden away on the...

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