West Lakes Shore School SHOWCASE SPECTACULAR

Well, we had a very busy Book Week for 2022 with many activities and successful events held across the week. 

Please take your time to look through our photo collage of students in their Book Week costumes, a snapshot of our amazing front office display and read work written by our students on their perspective of the events and activities.

• R-3 incursion - Story Quest, involving some of the short-listed books.
• Yr 4-6 incursion - Geocaching run by Nature Play SA
• Visit from Sarah Forrest - CBCA book week judge - spoke to 3 classes about the judging process
• Book Week Parade for parents
• Book Week Assembly - teacher play and parade for all classes
• Mystery Readers who visited classes during the week to share stories
• Lunchtime activities in the library everyday during book week

This year I took on a leadership role as a Library Ambassador. It was tricky but exciting as I got to work with other people and keep the library nice and tidy by putting books back to where they belong.

Soon when Book Week was coming, we had a meeting about activities for Book Week. We decided to do treasure hunts for books and craft activities. All Library Ambassadors had to make posters for the treasure hunt and I had to create an example for the craft activity: Walk of the Whales, with paper and a pop stick.

On Monday Book Week was here. Several students came in and did the Book Week treasure hunt and craft activities. I barely had time to put returned books back on the shelves as the library got busy. I had to go back and forth with the craft activity and the treasure hunt to help all students with their activities.   

A few days later all Library Ambassadors had to practice the Book Week parade routes for Thursday and get assigned to lead units/classes throughout the parade to make sure it would run smoothly. I got assigned to a year 3 building (Pelican Unit) with Olivia for the parade.

The day of the parade came and a shocking number of parents came to watch the parade. I was waiting for the Sea dragon Unit/classes to pass so I could lead the parade with Olivia. Soon it was our turn and we were off.  We paraded under the verandahs to the gym and everyone sat down for the assembly.

The next thing we had to do was lead classes one by one onto the stage for the assembly. It was loud and lots of people were talking. I felt nervous. Soon I was feeling calmer and returned back to my chair and sat through the rest of the assembly. Then I suddenly got a certificate for being a Library Ambassador. Even the other Library Ambassadors got one.

After the assembly I had to pack up with the other Library Ambassadors. It was tricky as we had to stack lots of chairs and put props from the assembly away before recess was over. It was lucky it was very quick as it was a tough morning and I needed to catch a breath.

In conclusion, being a Library Ambassador is a tough job as we need to do lots of things to keep the library tidy especially during Book Week. Otherwise it’s a fun job as you can be with other people.

by Henrietta Chan

‘Creak’ goes the door after it has been opened by SD6 walking in to meet the lovely Sarah Forrest. She came to tell us about how she judges books for Book Week.

She is the only South Australian judge right now for the CBCA. There are about 13 other judges, all have different jobs. Someone is the artist and another judge is a teacher and writer they check how good the art is and the writing. She looks at the pictures, title and end pages to judge.

Sarah was really nice and told us a lot of interesting things about what to look for in a picture fiction book. Sarah gets about 35 to 50 books a month and she puts them on the “yes” short list or the ‘no” shortlist or the “maybe” shortlist. Then once a month she goes on a zoom call with 2 other people, there names are Sarah and Margaret and they talk about what they like about each book and whether they go through and maybe win the best book.

She told us about her favourite book and that she likes to read picture books. At the end she told us the CBCA 2022 winner because it was announced and it was “Iceberg” for the children’s picture book of the year.

By Blake SD6

On Monday of Book Week, all the year 5 classes did geo-caching!

First we were talking about what geo-caching was, and after talking about it we finally started. We grabbed our GPS and it had its own coordinates. We followed its coordinates and we ended up at a special destination. It had a bag, so we opened it and inside was a secret word and a challenge for us to do. We had to find and complete 15 bags which meant we needed to complete 15 challenges. Our GPS’s had different numbers on them like: 22, 25, 32, etc. We had to choose one with different numbers so we made sure we didn’t grab the same GPS.

Sadly, my group only found and completed 11 challenges which meant only 11 words were found. When we were marking, Cameron and Lauren (the demonstrators) let us write down all the missing words. Cameron and Lauren from Nature Play SA, chose which group we were in. I was in Laurens group with my friends Leila, Ella and Emily.

The secret sentence was: “In 2022, together we can be brave, make change and dream with eyes wide open!”

We went around a lot of the school such as: The 2 playgrounds, Aboriginal garden aka nature play, the oval and sandpit. Some of the challenges were really easy and some of the others weren’t so easy. For the challenges we got to do: Reading, puzzles, word searches and make your own bird.

Lauren and Cameron spent so much time setting everything up and I’m so grateful. I had a lot of fun.

-Written by Maire Cosgrove SD5.

West Lakes Shore School had another successful SALA exhibition which was showcased at Westfield West Lakes at the end of August.  Please see the pictures below of the amazing artwork that was on display.

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the event and produced some outstanding artwork.  This year all artwork will be judged 'virtually', based on the photos and information that has been provided by Mrs Lisa Zappia and sent to the SALA judges.

A massive thank you to the following families for their help with set up and pack down : Kirkbright family, Ware family, Harvey family, Fearne family, Roach family, Todd family, Webb family, Ueding family, Zappia family and Mrs Grant and Mrs Anderson.

The footy season is officially over for the year. Our students all had great fun playing with their friends, and every player had the opportunity to captain their team. Outstanding efforts saw all players receive at least 2 encouragement awards for the season.

Presentation day will be on Saturday 10 September to present trophies to all players and congratulations on an amazing season.

A huge thank you to:

• Matt and Mick O’Connor for all the coaching and training sessions.
• Matt Kosta for taking on the role of team manager
• All the parents and families who braved the weather and early mornings to allow their children to play
• All the players for extraordinary footy skills and being team players. Some children played for other teams and were happy to help. It was great to see all children inviting of students from other schools who helped to assist our team when required.

We are hoping to hold a registration day early next year for Footy Season 2023. If you would like to be contacted about this, please email the school or the school footy coordinator – Carlie (carlie.bugz@gmail.com). Alternatively keep an eye on the school newsletter for more details.