Holiday Program – Book club – reading and writing skills
Suitable for children in Years 3 – 6
Group #1 – Years 3 and 4
Group #2 – Years 5 and 6
Does your child love escaping into a world of stories?
Is it hard to engage your child in recreational reading?
Does your child struggle to write independently?
Book Club is an excellent way to engage all children in reading and writing, helping them to develop or further foster their love of stories and books. From the most avid reader / writer, to the most reluctant.
During ‘Book Club’ session students will enjoy reading and discussing stories with their peers and engage in fun activities related to the selected book and it’s author.
Participation in the book club will be focused on building students’ engagement and enthusiasm for recreational reading. Engagement in recreational reading has been shown to positively enhance mental and emotional wellbeing and it allows readers to experience works and stories beyond their own lives, both fantastical and realistic, which builds their creative and critical thinking skills.
Students will develop language skills valuable for growing and improving literacy and enhancing independent writing. They will analyse themes within stories and make connections with the real world. They will engage in creative, persuasive, and information writing and learn to enhance their independent writing with rich language and writing techniques.
These sessions will be run by a qualified primary school teacher and teacher librarian with expertise in developing students’ love and critical understanding of literature.
‘Book Club’ will to excite, inspire and build a relationship between readers!
Held
Scheduled for 3 hour workshop;
Years 3 and 4 (Stage 2)
– Tuesday 16th January from 8:30am – 12pm, starting at 9am sharp
Could also be combined with the Creative Writing Workshop held straight after from 12:30 – 2:30pm.
Years 5 and 6 (Stage 3)
– Wednesday 17th January from 8:30am – 12pm, starting at 9am sharp
Could also be combined with the Creative Writing Workshop held straight after from 12:30 – 2:30pm.
Simply express your interest by emailing office@arrendell.com.au
Workshops include all resources and stationery needed, plus snacks (not lunch).
The workshop will be confirmed the week prior to the first workshop date (dependent on number of attending children).
$95 per child (3 hours), or $80 for second sibling or when referring new family.
OR
Combining both workshops; Book Club and Creative Writing Workshop (includes lunch; pizza, popper and fruit) – $160 per child (5 hours) or $150 for second sibling or when referring new family.