Learning in the Library

On Wednesday 18 June, 23 excited students set out to Write a Book in Day to raise money for the Kids Cancer Project and to entertain sick kids in hospital.  We entered three teams:  the Santa Sevens, the Year 8 St Dom’s Plotters, and an open team made up of Years 9 to 11, The Dominators.  At 8:00am that morning, the students were given their parameters and had until 6:00pm to brainstorm, plan, write and illustrate a 3500-5000 word book, their audience being young people in hospital dealing with cancer. 

Apart from the creativity and passion towards the project, we were overwhelmed by both the students’ amazing teamwork, as well as the fun they had.

The Fundraiser will continue until judging in September. If you would like to donate to The Kid’s Cancer Project, please use this link.

I was excited to work with people that I might not otherwise. The write a book in a day competition was a great opportunity to collaborate on a collective, creative goal. It encouraged us to work as a team and helped us to learn to work under time pressure.
Louise Thill
Year 8

We had such a lovely day… and are very grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in Write a Book in a Day. It’s a fantastic fundraiser and activity.
Calliope Stewart
Year 11

Write a book in a Day was an amazing opportunity that I was very lucky to be a part of. It helped me improve my teamwork skills and my creative writing skills. Thank you so much to Ms Marchetta and the library staff.
Rachel Michael
Year 7

Write a Book in a Day was such an enriching experience… All the brainstorming sessions and editing mania at the end of the day helped contribute to such an amazing final product…I wouldn’t say no to doing it again next year.
Annabelle Wong
Year 7

Write a Book in a Day was a challenging yet rewarding experience and I would be honoured to participate in the competition again in the future. It required creative and abstract thinking, logical planning, task-focused time management and great teamwork. Overall, it was a wonderful, enjoyable and exhilarating event and the whole team and I are incredibly proud of the final outcome of our book, A Cobweb Christmas.
Haesol Bok
Year 7

As a Year 7, writing a book in a day was a challenging but exhilarating and collaborative experience. Not only did we get to contribute to such an amazing cause we got to learn how effective working together is. Through brainstorming, planning and hard work we were able to achieve something that we were all proud of. It was such an enriching experience where we could all grow as readers and writers and I am very grateful to have been able to participate in such an amazing day.
Isabella Grass
Year 7