Forward December 2015 | Page 48

PR E PA R ATORY S C HO OL Wally fever hits BookWeek Term 3 saw Wally fever sweep through the Preparatory School as the Annual Book Week Celebrations got under way. This year’s Book Week theme was ‘Books Light up our World’. The students were involved in many activities to celebrate the importance of reading and literacy and the enjoyment provided by sitting down with a good book. Book Week started early in Term 3 with a Scholastic Book Fair all about ‘Exploring an Ocean of Books’. It was a highly successful Book Fair, selling just over $9,000 worth of books, with our students continuing to affirm their love of reading. The Library was packed before and after school with students wanting to purchase many fantastic books. A big thank you to all the parent volunteers who assisted during this week. Many an excited child headed home with their books, ready to read the hours away! The most anticipated part of our Book Week celebrations is always the Book Week Dress-up Assembly. This year the dress up day took a twist, with the whole Preparatory School dressing up as the much loved character Wally, from the book Where’s Wally? It was an amazing sight at assembly to see nearly 500 students and teachers all looking the same! Word spread about what was happening here at Guildford Grammar School and a photo made it into Monday’s West Australian newspaper! Students also participated in a ‘Wally Search’ around the school, all trying to locate a special Wally in order to win a prize. James Foley, children’s author and illustrator, visited the Preparatory School for three days during Book Week to share his passion for books with the entire school. James mesmerised the students with his ability to talk about his famous characters and draw numerous pictures of them at the same time. Students were taken through the process of creating a picture book; from the hours of sketching characters to the final product. Students were given the privilege of viewing James’ new book My Dead Bunny and watching him ‘zombify’ all sorts of creatures. Students were then shown the tricks of the trade of how to draw ‘zombified’ creatures themselves, an activity that excited everyone! Book Week 2015 was once again a fantastic success and I very much look forward to what 2016 has in store. Miss Brooke Vance Teacher Librarian Dads’ Big Breakfast This year’s Dads’ Big Breakfast was a great success, enjoyed by more than 750 dads and students dressed in the colours of their favourite sports teams. Spread across the Preparatory School rugby field and surrounding the Foundation Pavilion, the students and their dads enjoyed egg and bacon rolls, yoghurt, juices, tea and coffee while listening to the great music put on by the Senior School’s G Jazz band. This year’s event was the biggest Dads’ Big Breakfast the School has ever hosted and it was exceptionally well organised thanks to the events team of Tracey Roki, Tim Hewson and Lesley Diamond-Sutherland as well as the FOPS mums and the Year 12 Prefects who helped serve the rolls on the day. Enjoying the great we