If I was a horse @ LPS
After a guided drawing lesson with Sophie Blackall, we were inspired to create our own horse artworks.
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Picture Book
2023 CBCA Picture Book of the Year description
Our Spirit Animals – Response to Every Night at Midnight
During the Shadow Judging competition, our Authors Club met every Friday at lunch and had an enriching experience. We thoroughly enjoyed reviewing the shortlist for the picture book category, and “Every Night at Midnight” stood out as a favourite. The enchanting story and beautiful illustrations sparked a lively discussion among us about our spirit animals
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Ardtronish Primary School, Room 28, Year 5
Year 5 students critically analyse the book “That Bird Has Arms” writing likes, dislikes, questions and opinions about the book.
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That Bird Has Arms
Our Shadow judges loved the illustrations and humour that flowed through this story. They decided to create a poem about Roy and his fabulous arms!
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Let’s Tweet
Our junior book club was thrilled with the modern and humorous tone of the book, That Bird has Arms. For their creative response, the girls were eager to explore the theme of ’embracing individuality.’ Inspired by the book’s frequent use of bird tweets, they decided to create an identity based tweeting activity. All year 5
Every Night at Midnight & That Bird Has Arms! Venn Diagram
Our book club noticed a lot of similarities between Every Night at Midnight by Peter Cheong and That Bird Has Arms! by Jol & Kate Temple so we decided to show this in a Venn diagram. This led to some interesting conversations on neurodivergence, anxiety, and disabilities. The multiple layers in the storyline and images
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That Bird Is Me!
Our book club really enjoyed That Bird Has Arms! by Jol & Kate Temple. Some of our members shared how it reminded them of being bullied due to their autism or shyness. Our creative response consisted of chicken crafts and images of chicken with arms. Students and staff chose the chicken that spoke to their
Deer Park West Primary School – 4C – Every Night at Midnight
Students in 4C at Deer Park West Primary School thought carefully about the animal they would like to turn into at Midnight. Check out their amazing designs, created using pastel and metallic textas and pens. One 4C student was inspired to design the streetscape at the bottom of the decorated classroom door.
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Deer Park West Primary School – 4B – Every Night at Midnight
Deer Park West students in 4B considered what creature they would like to turn into a midnight… The students designed and drew some fantastic imaginative creatures! This display is proudly adorning 4B’s classroom door.
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Deer Park West Primary School – 4A – Bowerbird Blues
4A students from Deer Park West Primary School created a bower on their classroom door using sticks and twigs collected from outside. We collected many blue objects to decorate the bower. We painted a big blue sky and added drawings of the key characters. Can you spot something inside the bower?
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Every Night at Midnight, Year 6, East Marden Primary School
Every Night at Midnight, Year 6, East Marden Primary School This year, Year 6 students have taken part in an exciting Shadow Judging project. We selected the 2024 Picture Book of the Year category from the six shortlisted books for the Children’s Book Council of Australia awards. After reading all six shortlisted books, each student
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Timeless, Year 6, East Marden Primary School
Timeless, Year 6, East Marden Primary School This year, Year 6 students have taken part in an exciting Shadow Judging project. We selected the 2024 Picture Book of the Year category from the six shortlisted books for the Children’s Book Council of Australia awards. After reading all six shortlisted books, each student chose one to
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