Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School, Toowoomba eNewsletter

Library News

Book Week

Not long now! I hope your costumes are coming together and I cannot wait to see everyone dressed up, next Thursday August 28^th.

Book Week Activities Overview

Day	Time/s	Location	Activity
Monday August 25^th	1^st Break	Library	Chalk Drawing Draw your BEST Bluey Character to WIN a Prize!
Monday August 25^th	2^nd Break	Library	Colouring and Bookmarks
Tuesday August 26^th	1^st Break	Library	Where’s Wally at Lourdes Go for a Hunt around Lourdes to find all the Wally’s, solve the puzzle and ENTER the DRAW to WIN A PRIZE!
Tuesday August 26^th	2^nd Break	Library	Colouring and Bookmarks + the usual Library offerings
Wednesday August 27^th	1^st Break	Oval	Teddy Bear Picnic – Bring your bear TODAY! Bring along a bear and meet on the oval to share in a Teddy Bear picnic! Please name your bear so we can get it back to you.
Wednesday August 27^th	2^nd Break	Library	Colouring and Bookmarks + the usual Library offerings
Thursday August 28^th	All Day	School	Dress Up Day! Wear your Book Week costume today
	Varies	Hall	Readers Cup Quiz : Prep - 6 Students will come to the Hall throughout the day to participate in this fun Book Quiz.
	1^st Break 2^nd Break		Colouring and Bookmarks + the usual Library offerings
Friday August 29^th	1^st Break	Hall	Music and Games Come along and play some games in the Hall with Mrs Leathart. - Musical Statues - Musical Buddies and other musical games!

Dress Up Day Q&A

What day do we dress up?
Thursday 28^th August
Do children wear their costume all day?
Yes, students are encouraged to wear their costume all day.
What time is the Parade?
There is a whole school Assembly scheduled and students will be asked show off their costumes as part of this Assembly. Parents are most welcome to attend to see costumes. The Assembly begins at 2:15pm.
Does my child have to get dressed up?
No, costumes are optional and your child may prefer to come along as their favourite author because an author wears regular, everyday clothing.
Do you give prizes for Best Dressed?
No. But we run lots of other competitions during Book Week that the children can enter if they are keen to win a prize.

Book Week Colouring Competition

Spare entry forms are available at the Library.

Entries due: August 26^th at 3pm

Winners Announced at Assembly on Thursday 28^th August

Chess Lessons

Chess lessons are now FULL for Term 3! If you have any questions about chess lessons, please contact: Danielle.Leathart@twb.catholic.edu.au

Parent Borrowing

Parents are welcome to borrow up to 10 additional books from the library collection. We are open at the times below. Please be reminded that parents are unable to borrow from the home reading collection including all On My Own and Read with Me titles. These titles are in high demand for staff and students, and we do not have enough copies to loan to families from this collection.

Additional Decodable Readers

Please access extra Decodable Readers via DRA online (class teachers will have logon details) or Wheelers eBooks (student email and password to logon).

Book Club

Issue 5 orders have been delivered. Issue 6 Brochures were sent to classrooms last week. Order are due by 8pm Wednesday 27^th August 2025. Please email queries about Book Club to Danielle.Leathart@twb.catholic.edu.au

Important Links:

AccessIt https://au.accessit.online/ORL13 (email address and password needed to logon)
Wheelers eBooks Wheelers eBooks (email address and password needed to logon)

Library Opening Times

Day	8:00am – 8:30am	10:45am-11:10am	1:22pm-1:40pm	3:00pm-3:10pm
Monday	Parent Loans Students · Quick Returns · Quick Loans - 5 mins MAX	Year 1 to 6 · Returns · Loans · Games · Activities	LIBRARY CLOSED	Parent Loans T/W/Th Only Students who are NOT collected at Stop – Drop -Go · Quick Returns · Quick Loans - 5 mins MAX
Tuesday			Year 1 to 6 · Returns · Loans · Games · Activities
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday			LIBRARY CLOSED	LIBRARY CLOSED

Happy Reading! And have a wonderful Book Week 2025.

Mrs Leathart and Mrs Kemp.