We love reading and books at Thomas Hassall and had great fun with Book Week.
The students dressed up as their favourite book character. They brought the book into College and had fun explaining to their friends and teachers why they liked that particular character. I heard lots of great discussion about quality literature as I visited the different rooms. For part of the day, we were joined by our special Japanese visitors from Fukuroi High School (our Sister School in Japan). They were thoroughly entertained by the sight of the teachers also in dress-up – the teachers dressed as characters from ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and the three Mr Incredibles evoked much hilarity. One particular highlight for them was when we went into Year 6 where the students have been studying ‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes’ by Eleanor Coerr. The visitors were impressed by the depth of the response that the students had had to this moving book.
We also had a book swap, where we raised money for two charities; ‘Room to Read’ and ‘TEAR Australia: Build a Classroom’. Many students were especially generous and donated their pocket money for these 2 very worthy causes. We raised a grand total of $1354.45 Excellent effort Junior School!
Mrs Emma Harris
Years 1, 2 & 3 Coordinator
