Literacy Matters

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Mrs McKelvie and Mrs Brennan have registered SJPC in the WRITE A BOOK IN A DAY competition for 2023, and they have opened this opportunity up to students from Year 7 and Year 8. It will all happen in the library in Week 10 from 8am to 8pm on Tuesday 27 June.

This fun and creative team writing competition is managed by the Kids Cancer Project, raising funds for childhood cancer research to find better treatment and ultimately a cure.

Students work in teams of 5-10 to plan, write, edit and illustrate a book in a day. Every story grows from a unique set of parameters given to each writing team on the morning of the competition. While covering some curriculum outcomes this also provides a hands-on collaborative learning experience, teaching empathy, teamwork and sharing creative and literacy skills. This also results in hours of entertaining and inspirational reading for sick kids in hospital.

Once teams have been finalised, participants will receive a sponsorship page to share with family and friends and fundraise for this cause. It is not, however, compulsory to fundraise. Family members will have an opportunity to  witness the final products during the evening of the competition.

We look forward to your future support. 

Mrs McKelvie & Mrs Brennan
Literacy Coach & LOL Technologies & Librarian

WORD OF THE WEEK

Facilitate (verb)

DEFINITION To make easier or bring about

IN A SENTENCE: Children’s capacity for learning has been greatly facilitated by the use of technology.

Our classroom furniture facilitates robust discussion and accountable talk.

Cutting taxes may facilitate economic recovery.

Pseudonym (noun)

DEFINITION: A fictitious name, used especially by authors, to conceal identity.

IN A SENTENCE 

A lot of people use pseudonyms when posting controversial comments online.

Bitcoin’s still anonymous inventor went by the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto.

In legal proceedings, the pseudonyms, John Doe, Jane Doe, Richard Roe and Jane Roe are used when a person’s name is being kept anonymous. Such names are also called, anonyms.

Writers of the Week

Congratulations to the following students for their expertise in sentence structure and the use of complex punctuation with accuracy. These students excelled in their comic representations of Photosynthesis in Science.