Congratulations and thanks to our Shadow Judges for their commitment, insight and enthusiasm throughout the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Book Week started in earnest on Monday 24 August with some lunchtime fun in the library where we hosted book trivia. Our students had a great time competing against the teacher team, even though the teacher team won!<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Tuesday we invited students to participate in \u2018Drabble,\u2019 an engaging creative writing opportunity. They were challenged to write 100 words in 10 minutes linked to the \u2018Symphony of Stories\u2019 theme, all while listening to a live music performance by our student musicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday was also an important day with students participating in the much loved \u2018Write a Book in a Day,\u2019 an annual event challenging two groups of students to write a whole book from 8:30am to 6:00pm, while supporting The Kids Cancer Project. The two works were spectacularly creative! They can be found under WABIAD 2026 on the Veritas Online<\/a> library page.\u00a0We are proud to announce that the generous family and friends of both teams donated almost $2500.00 for such an amazing cause.\u00a0There is still an opportunity to donate here<\/a> for seniors, and here<\/a> for Years 7 and 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout the week, students and staff were also invited to participate in the \u2018Teacher\u2019s Favourite Books\u2019 competition, where teachers shared their favourite novel and author this year along with their favourite literary character. The information was then displayed in the library and participants had the week to observe what their teachers enjoyed reading before completing a quiz the following week.\u00a0Well done to our participants and, of course, our winners of the event.\u00a0 And naturally, Book Week would not be Book Week without the inclusion of our Book Week Character Parade! The event was a wonderful celebration of books and reading, allowing staff and students to dress up as their favourite book character while having fun and promoting a sense of community spirit. The parade raised over $570 that will go towards books for The Solomons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While we couldn\u2019t quite line up her visit to coincide with Book Week, it was wonderful to have renowned children\u2019s author Ashleigh Barton visit Gioia House soon afterwards. Ashleigh visited us on Tuesday 15 September to talk about her new book Eighty-Nine Questions After, <\/em>a novel exploring the power of curiosity, friendship and courage. Ashleigh\u2019s talk reminded us that books encourage readers to explore unfamiliar experiences, develop empathy and better understand ourselves and others. Her visit was also a reminder that stories do more than entertain. They help us ask meaningful questions about the world we live in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once again, we thank our students and staff for their support and enthusiasm behind Book Week. And we are already looking forward to Book Week 2027 which is themed, ‘Catch the Reading Bug!’<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Michael Moses\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ms Melina Marchetta\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> Learning in the Library As always, Book Week presents a wonderful opportunity to celebrate not only reading but coming together as a whole school community to mark the occasion. CBCA Shadow Judging As part of this year’s CBCA Shadow Judging program, a group of Year 10 students \u2013 Olivia Lee, Josephine Chui, Zahra Assassa, Harriet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[4],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-22357","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-secondary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/22357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=22357"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/ssc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=22357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-15-at-3.38.39-pm.jpg\")
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