Why wide reading?
Research shows that reading not only has a significant impact on students’ academic ability, but also helps them to develop “a better understanding of other cultures, community participation, a greater insight into human nature and decision making.” (Centre for Research in Psychology Behaviour and Achievement, n.d.)
With this in mind, the Library’s reading program provides students with the opportunity to visit the Library once a fortnight to select books, to read, and to reflect on their reading through both structured and unstructured activities.
Year 7 spend time thinking about the best ways to choose appropriate books and writing book reviews, and year 8 reflect on their reading by creating a visual ‘book bento’ to represent their response to a novel of their choice. Year 9 keep a reading journal, not only to keep track of their reading, but also to record their thoughts, ideas and opinions about their chosen texts.
Book Week at CGGS Senior School 2025
| Fri 15/8 | Sun 17/8 | Mon 18/8 | Tue 19/8 | Wed 20/8 | Thurs 21/8 | Fri 22/8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timed Activity |
Final Guess the Winner competition entries due by 9.00am CBCA Book of the Year winners announced 12:00 pm |
Final submission due by 11.00pm for Bookmark Designs & Playlist Competition | Bookmark and Playlist Voting opens | Dragon Egg Craft Session Lunchtime in the Library | Book Themed Trivia Lunchtime in the Library | Book Swap Market Lunchtime in the Library |
Bookmark & Playlist voting closes 9:00 am Competition and Raffle winners announced by 3:00pm |
| Long Term Activities | Bring in book swap books |
Reading Room Scavenger Hunt Reading Bingo Mystery Maps Dragon Origami Flying Dragon Bookmarks Bring in book swap books Book Themed Online Escape Rooms |
Reading Room Scavenger Hunt Reading Bingo Mystery Maps Dragon Origami Flying Dragon Bookmarks Bring in book swap books Book Themed Online Escape Rooms |
Reading Room Scavenger Hunt Reading Bingo Mystery Maps Dragon Origami Flying Dragon Bookmarks Bring in book swap books Book Themed Online Escape Rooms |
Reading Room Scavenger Hunt Reading Bingo Mystery Maps Dragon Origami Flying Dragon Bookmarks Bring in book swap books Book Themed Online Escape Rooms |
Reading Room Scavenger Hunt Reading Bingo Mystery Maps Dragon Origami Flying Dragon Bookmarks Bring in book swap books Book Themed Online Escape Rooms (All activities end at 5:00pm) |
Our Winner is......
Jade Miller - The Maze Runner Playlist
Runner up
Sarah Shearer - Percy Jackson
Click the playlist below if you would like to listen. The link will take you to a spotify version of each playlist
*Note, not all songs listen in playlist 10 were available on Spotify. Similar songs have been included to represent the missing tracks
The raffle has now been drawn
And the winners are..........
First Prize:
Safiana Ide
Second Prizes:
Katie Zheng and Charlie Nagy
Third Prizes:
Alexandra Horne and Zara Watts
Winners can come to the library Friday 22nd of August to collect their prizes.
The CBCA Book of the year for older readers is:
Our winner is.......
Bookmark 1 by Anya Lourenco Dale for her bookmark based on Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
Runner up....
Bookmark 4 Laura Phipps with her bookmark based on The wonderling by Mira Bartok
Book Themed Trivia
Enter in teams of up to 4 students to compete in a book themed trivia contest during lunchtime on Wednesday the 20th of August. Questions will span fiction, non-fiction, a range of genres, authors and formats and will include some tricky bookish knowledge! Prizes will be awarded for the winning team, as well as some spontaneous individual competitions.
Reading Bingo
5 in a row wins! Come to the library to pick up a reading bingo board to use as inspiration to get you reading during book week. Complete 5 activities in a row on your board and bring it to the library staff during book week to receive a prize.
Scavenger Hunt
A series of Book Bricks painted to look like Book Covers will be placed around the school in the duty areas. Students will need to find all of the book covers and use the first letter of the book name to spell out a secret code. Students can then whisper the code to the library staff to receive a prize.
Dragon Craft
Students can sign up to create a bedazzled dragon egg at lunchtime on Tuesday the 22nd of August, or can come into the library at any time during week 5 to create Dragon origami or bookmarks.
Reading Room
Room One in the library will be transformed into a cosy reading room for week 5 for students to use outside of class time. The room will have a range of soft furnishings, cushions and blankets, as well as atmospheric decor, to snuggle in and enjoy some quality reading time.
Book based online escape rooms
There will be a range of book themed online escape rooms published in the book week section of the library website. Students can challenge themselves with these digital puzzles throughout the week, and can send us their escape time to see if they are the fastest competitor!
Mystery Maps
Students will be challenged to identify from which book each of the mystery maps on the competition sheet has been sourced. If they correctly discover the name of each of the 5 books, they can present their completed competition sheet to the library staff to collect a prize.
Book Swap Marketplace
Take the opportunity to refresh your home library by bringing in your pre-loved books in good condition to the library. Make sure they are books you think your peers would be interested in reading, and that are appropriate for our school environment. For every book you bring in that meets the criteria, you will receive a token. On Thursday the 21st at Lunchtime, we will hold a Book Swap Market where all donated books will be available to students by exchanging one token for each book you would like to take home with you. Any left over books will be donated to the lifeline book fair.
eBooks
The Library offers e and audio Books through Sora
