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This year was our first, week long, literature
festival and thanks to the DC Team it was
extremely successful. We hope the students
and staff involved enjoyed theworkshops they
had with Corinne Fenton, Claire Saxby and
George Ivanoff. Our Senior School students
were treated to Abe Nouk, an incredibly
vibrant and inspiring Slam Poet.
He engaged and encouraged us to not
treat life as a fairy tale but have faith to
believe that what you dream can become a
reality. His workshops challenged student
perspective, encouraging them to use various
sentence starters in order to produce thought
provoking letters to their younger and future
selves. His focus on life, faith and literacy were
visible and clear.
Year 6 and 8 were in hysterics from the very
first minute with Stig Wemyss (most loved
narrator of Bolinda Audio Books) performed
his wildly entertaining; ‘Stig! live @ the
library’. The students were enthralled by his
every word and they amazed us with their
confidence to be involved in the presentation.
His rendition of ‘Chubby Bubby’ had students
in stitches and the hour he was with us was
not long enough.
The Performing Arts Centre came to life for
our spectacular primary parades on Monday
and Friday. Thank you to parents and students
What an
awesomeweek
of fabulous
festivitieswe
had... bringing
children&
books together.
for this wonderful display of creativity
as the costumes were simply amazing. It
was so clear from our multiple winners
listed below that judging was extremely
difficult. Junior School were treated to a
literary extravaganza with a performance
called “Fair Dinkum” where the themes of
hope and optimism were shared.
Middle School had the RALFF awards
which were judged by local council
member and parent at Hillcrest Christian
College, Rosalie Crestani. This week we
have had morning tea for all the prize
winners where our well-deserved winners
each received a cupcake, cordial and
selected a scholastic book prize.
Many thanks to everyone who has
supported us in getting the Inaugural
Hillcrest Christian College Book Week
Festival off the ground. Many timetable
changes have been facilitated, room
swaps negotiated and the successful
juggling of classes has accommodated
the many authors and events we have
hope you have enjoyed this
special week of festivities and welcome
constructive feedback for future event
planning.
Mrs Michelle Nye - DC Director