Students dress up as their favourite book character to celebrate Book Week.
Camera IconStudents dress up as their favourite book character to celebrate Book Week. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

Book Week a bestseller

Rika PotgieterMidland Kalamunda Reporter

Students also participated in the 70th anniversary of the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book Week from August 22 to 28 by dressing up as their favourite book characters.

Teacher and librarian Cassandra Bull said the week had been a huge success with all primary students dressing up and eagerly participating in literary activities.

"The theme this year is Books Light Up Your World, so we have displays around the learning plaza that reflect this," she said.

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The learning plaza has been transformed into a winter wonderland and interactive activities have been set up around the library for students to explore, including a unique artwork by artist Rose Skinner.

The artist created the storybook sensory space this year in a bid to promote authors including Lewis Carroll, Dr Seuss, J.K. Rowling and Tim Burton, whose portraits are painted on the sides of the artwork.

The exhibit is a "key room" intended to unlock the imagination and has been a popular attraction among the students.

Learning plaza team leader Laraine Reason said she was very happy with the students' enthusiasm and said it was a great way to celebrate literature.

West Australian of the Year Robert Isaacs also visited the school last week to launch the college's Indigenous Literacy Day.

Ms Reason said St Brigid's promoted literacy to equip their students with the building blocks for real-world communication.

It was an added bonus to the week's celebrations when the college took home the state title for the 2015 LiteracyPlanet Word Mania competition.

The word-building competition is an online game that challenges students from years 1 to 6 to build as many words as they can in three minutes using only 15 letter tiles.

Year 5 teacher James Stevens said the students loved challenging themselves and their friends in the game.

"They also enjoy the challenge of trying to spell the longest and most difficult words," he said.

As the state winners, St Brigid's will receive $500 to spend on computers, laptops or mobile devices, as well as a further $500 library pack, which will include a subscription to Australian Geographic Journal, a range of K-6 titles, and a six-month subscription to LiteracyPlanet for the school.

Mr Stevens said next year's goal would be to make it into the top 10 nationwide.