Book Week

Northern Beaches Young Writers' Competition

Attention all budding authors! Here is an opportunity for you to stretch your writing skills and enter a local writing competition. For details follow the link:

Northern Beaches Young Writers' Competition

Stage Debating

This afternoon Year 5 and 6 held the second round of our debating tournament. Mrs Cutmore and Mr Scott were very impressed by the level of improvement from last week's round. Each team was a little more prepared, and each team tried that little bit harder with rebutting an argument. Well done Year 5 and 6!
For next week, use your planning time with your teammates wisely. This is important to writing a good line of argument. This is real collaboration - working effectively with people who are not your besties. Also each speaker needs to give more evidence for their reasons, making your thoughts and ideas deeper and your points clearer.

Looking forward to next Friday and the next round of debates.

Inspirational Visitors

We have been lucky enough to have two very inspirational visits this week. The first was Angela Michael, a Pakistani woman who co-founded the Miracle School to educate the children of families working in the Brick Kilns of Pakistan. This inspirational woman talked to the Year 5 and 6 students about poverty, education and how Christians in Pakistan are helping to break the poverty cycle.





Our second visit this week was from author, Kate Forsyth and illustrator, Lorena Carrington. These amazing women talked to Year 5 and 6 students about fairytales, depictions of girls in stories and all about the writing and illustrating process.

Author Visit tomorrow

On Wednesday, 14th of March, Kate Forsyth and Lorena Carrington will be visiting St Luke's Grammar School for a special workshop with Years 5 and 6 Bayview students.

Kate Forsyth wrote her first novel at the age of seven, and is now the internationally bestselling, award-winning author of 30 books for both adults & children. She was recently voted one of Australia's Favourite 25 Novelists, has completed a doctorate in fairy tales, and is an accredited master storyteller.

Retold by Kate Forsyth and illustrated by photographic artist Lorena Carrington, Vasilisa the Wise & Other Tales of Brave Young Women is a welcome antidote to the widespread perception that classic fairy-tales feature passive princesses waiting patiently for their prince. Drawing from both the oral and literary traditions, the book retells tales from Russia, Scotland, Norway, France, Germany and Great Britain. The stories were all chosen for the strength and courage of their female protagonists, and the beauty of their original lyrical style.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact LearningHub staff.