Showing posts with label Book Week - Activities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Week - Activities. Show all posts

Monday, September 14, 2026

CBCA Book Week: Symphony of Stories

At my school, the library ran a program of activities for Book Week, featuring competitions with prizes on offer.

Our highlights included:

  1. Book, Song or Both - A series of titles was listed, and students had to determine whether each title was a book, a song, or both.
  2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Words and phrases from Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen were scrambled, and students had to decode them
  3. Favourite Book or Reading Confession - 10 teachers provided either their favourite book or their reading confession, and students had to decide for each teacher if they had a favourite book or confession and then matched either the book or confession.
  4. She Needs a New Book - Students were invited to nominate a character from any book and recommend a book to feature that character in, providing reasons for their choice.
  5. 1 Star Character Review - It gave students a chance to list why any character from any book deserved a one-star rating.
  6. What's in her bag? - Students nominate a character of their choice from any book and list five items that you would find in their bag. 
We also had a Book Week quiz, which concluded the week on the Friday. 

While our activities may not be as extravagant as other schools, it does show that you can still put on a good Book Week program of activities for students. Some of our competitions received a good number of entries, and even a few Year 12 students decided to have a go to let off some steam after the HSC Trial Exams.