Director of Mary Bailey House

Book Week Celebrations

Mary Bailey House

The Book Week theme Reading is Magic was acknowledged through books that had a little bit of magic in playrooms. In Daintree Rainforest, the teachers read two Mem Fox books, The Magic Hat and Possum Magic, to our preschoolers. In Lilly Pilly Gully the educators read Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson to our younger preschoolers and in Cradle Mountain, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell was read to our infants and toddlers.

After the reading of the books, the children were invited to create a hat that was inspired by the story or one of the book characters. Then during Book Week the children were invited to dress as their favourite storybook character and wear their hat during our Book Week celebrations.

OOSH

The primary school Book Week celebrations continued into After School Care (ASC). The ASC program for Book Week had the children design and paint their own book covers. This activity saw the children mix and layer paint while talking about their favourite books and the books they were reading. 

To close out Book Week, we all dressed up in our favourite book attire. We loved seeing all the amazing outfits from the Gruffalo to Minions, Harry Potter and a ballerina. The educators even got into the book week spirit dressing up as Thing 1 and Thing 2. We finished Book Week with a disco party in OOSH. Playing some of the children’s favourite songs we danced along and played a few games. Some of our favourite games were musical statues and musical chairs. As the children showed off their dance moves their peers cheered them on in great spirit. 

Overall, Book Week was an exciting time at OOSH that we celebrated over a few days. We continue to strive to give our children an enjoyable and enriching experience while they are at OOSH. 

Jackie Baxter
Director of Mary Bailey House