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We celebrated another fantastic Book Week. Included in our festivities were competitions, book character parades, author visits and student-created art work. Many thanks to all the parents, grandparents and special friends who tested their literary knowledge by entering this year’s Family Book Week qui

Earlier this term I had the opportunity to attend a most captivating conversation between Newbery award winning children’s author, Kate DiCamillo and Australian Author/Illustrator, Sally Rippin, at The Wheeler Centre.

If you are looking to be inspired these holidays here are some literary events and library-based workshops happening in and around Melbourne

School holidays are a wonderful time to experience the joy of reading together. Don’t forget you can access eBooks and eAudioBooks through the app Overdrive, using your Ruyton username and password

​On Thursday 15 June, 20 girls from Year 7 set off into the city to attend the Girls Write Up festival in Melbourne. Once there, the girls first listened to guest speaker Winnie Dunn, who spoke about what it was like to be a young female immigrant growing up in Sydney. After listening to Winnie Dunn and taking away some valuable information, everyone split up into groups for their chosen workshops. The workshops were run by incredible women, teaching either Slam Poetry, Writing from Art or Scriptwriting.

​National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual campaign that aims to encourage more young Australians to read and enjoy books

JS students Sophia and Fiona have spent many busy lunchtimes completing this and other Jigsaw puzzles. Their next challenge is a 1,000 Harry Potter puzzle.

Are you interested in reading about significant women and their roles in history and world politics? Here is a list to get you started

Lit Cub meets every Monday lunchtime. New members always welcome.

Year 6 student Laura and Daria enjoyed some time in the library celebration Chinese New Year with a tiger designed and made by Laura