Book Week 2025 - what a fabulous week celebrating all things books and reading! Thank you to everyone who joined in the activities, to the families who helped students create such incredible costumes and to all those people who helped bring Book Week 2025 to Lourdes. Please enjoy some photos of the week below. There are many more on our school Facebook page – Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School Toowoomba.

Readers Cup Winners

PREP                    Luca F, Jason O, Amelia N, Akayla N

Year 1/4               Joe S, Shiloh W, Koi S, Chase P

Year 2/3               Raf V, Lachlan T, Ellie M, Indiana C

Year 5/6               Ava L, Matt D, Tomas W, Imogen M

Colouring In Competition Winners

PREP                    Lara J, Alfie F, Billie V

Year 1                   Leon K, Wyatt  N, Belle M

Year 2                   Ned H, Ayla J, Ava P

Year 3                   Olivia P, Seb M-H, Harpah P

Year 4                   Joel D, Heidi G, Gloria R

Year 5                   Semisi S, Lara W, Annie Y

Class Postcard Competition Winners

This year each class was given the opportunity to enter a postcard in our Book Week Postcard competition. The WINNING POSTCARD was a delightful note from Paddington about his recent morning tea with royalty. Their photograph and carefully chosen words were utterly charming! 1T has WON a PIZZA LUNCH! The teachers will arrange a suitable day to have this lunch in the near future and communicate this to families.

Book Week 2026 Theme Announcement!

Chess Lessons

On Tuesday 2^nd September we sent along 3 teams of our Year 3-6 chess students to attended the Toowoomba Teams Chess Tournament. We are very proud of their efforts and look forward to sharing their successes once results are available. Please be reminded that there will be NO chess lessons in Term 4.  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 6 orders have now been placed. We expect delivery later this week or early next. We will get items to students as soon as we are able. 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

Happy Reading! 

Mrs Leathart & Mrs Monte