MARIO KART: Primary staff from Forbes Public dressed as characters from Mario Kart to celebrate Education Week through their Book Week parade. The parade encourages children to come as their favourite character from a book. Photo courtesy of Forbes Public School.
Students and staff were eager to celebrate Education Week this year by promoting a love for learning through reading.
The week started with the Forbes Public School Book Fair which encouraged many of our students from the most avid readers to those who simply enjoy listening to and/or reading along with others to purchase books for their home libraries.
Despite the limitations of COVID-19 restrictions, our school made record sales. We are thrilled to know that our students have added to home libraries, their imaginations and time with loved ones at home sharing a story or two having purchased books.
The highlight of the week however, was the Book Character parade, where book characters were brought to life by both staff and students who proudly showed off their costumes by parading to music in front of the school.
While we did miss having parents, carers and our wider school community on site to join in the fun of the book fair, parade and classroom activities, we were grateful during these current times to be able to come together as a whole school to celebrate a love for learning through reading.
Meg Staples
Principal