Picture Book – Page 11 – CBCA Sun Project: Shadow Judging

In search of what? A case of the the Journey or the Destination?

After reading and considering the picture storybook, some of the main ideas/themes that stood out included:-Searching/Journeying-Life’s ups and downs-Interconnections between humans, nature and the environment – A Sense of Belonging,-Love and Family. This response involves a combination of Pic Collage and Acrostic Poem.The Pic Collage features:-Family members who I love doing life with – Involving […]

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If I was a horse library display

This display was created by our Shadow judging co-ordinator and several students. It was fun to do the display and to read the story.

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‘Bowerbird Blues’ Collective Nest Creation

Our book club loved the storyline of Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker. The students took turns reading the book, discussing the themes, and thought it was so sweet that the bowerbird found just what it was searching for in the end, its beloved soulmate. They admired the beautifully created illustrations and enjoyed the interactive search

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‘Paper-flower Girl’ Create What Makes You Happy

Just like the Paper-flower girl, our book club members were invited to create what makes them happy with our paper craft materials. It was wonderful seeing the beautiful creations of our students and staff. We have a library foyer window dedicated to this shadow judging creative response. Our book club members admired the illustrations and

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Bowerbird Blue by Aura Parker (Part of the National Simultaneous Storytime)

We have begun our exploration of the Picture Books of the Year Shortlist with Bowerbird Blue. This was a wonderful story to start with as it was the story for National Simultaneous Storytime. We loved exploring, find and making blue objects that were natural and man-made objects. It was also great find hiding blue items

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Ardtronish Primary School, Room 28, Year 5

Year 5 Students in Room 28 critically analysed ‘Bowerbird Blues’ by Aura Parker and wrote responses to the book.

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Folded Book Art by STA

Our Year 6 students enjoyed creating folded book art inspired by Paper-flower Girl.

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‘If I Was a Horse’ Digital Responses by STA

Our students used Canva to digitally respond to the book ‘If I Was a Horse.’

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Bowerbird Purples, Yellows, Greens, Whites and Reds

When critiquing the CBCA picture story books against our judging criteria, Bowerbird Blues was our winning choice. We were inspired to also make a creative response to Bowerbird Blues after watching Aura Parker’s video, Satin Bowerbird. We mimicked the Satin Bowerbird by collecting items of a certain colour. We reflected on the Narrative by thinking

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Every Night at Midnight

Our students really liked this story because…….. It was scary! Felix thought he was the only animal, but in the end, all his friends were too. The front and back covers were dark and very mysterious. The illustrations gave us clues about what was going to happen in the story. It had beautiful illustrations, dark colours

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Timeless

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Bowerbird Blues

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