We were full of excitement and delight, when Russ the Story Bus came to visit us here at Gregory Hills Public School! Students in Years 1-6 were involved in this amazing Sydney Writers' Festival initiative, which involves bringing bringing authors and illustrators to schools aboard a magical mobile library, aiming to foster a love of books and reading. Each student that was involved on the day, got to explore the many books upon the shelves of Russ and walk away with their own free book! 

We were so very fortunate to have two industry award-winning creatives on the day – collaborative author/illustrator team Andrew McDonald and Ben Woods (creators of the Real Pigeons and Hello Twigs series). Andrew and Ben engaged and entertained our students with their presentation and also signed an autograph for each and every one of our students!

It was truly a magical experience and we are so very grateful to the Sydney Writers’ Festival team, including Jesse, Rachel and Beaver the Bus Driver, for bringing this amazing experience to our school!

Thank you to all of our grandparents and friends who made our Pop Up Book Fair a success! This helped to add more books to our school library!

The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week is a major event in the Australian school library calendar, celebrating Australian children's literature and the invaluable work of school library staff in promoting reading. For Book Week 2024, the theme is ‘Reading is Magic’, and the official dates are August 17th to 23rd, 2024.

Jess Racklyeft is the talented Australian illustrator, who has  designed the graphics for the 2024 CBCA theme, exploring how reading transports to new worlds, fosters new ideas, and fosters understanding of others.

What a beautiful Book Week we had at Gregory Hills Public School, with author visits from the fabulously talented James Foley and Sue Whiting, book character dress up day and family lunch and Scholastic book fair! Big thanks to our whole school community for their energy and enthusiasm!

During Book Week we were lucky enough to have two amazing authors come to visit! Both James Foley and Sue Whiting entertained and inspired our students, with their delightful stories and storytelling!

GrHPS participated in the 2024 National Simultaneous Storytime event, along with over 2.3 million participants, in more than 20,000 locations around Australia. 

The 2024 Australian book share title was Bowerbird Blues, by Aura Parker and celebrated on Wednesday, 22nd May. Along with the story read, we were guided by the author/illustrator, Aura Parker, who helped us to draw a bowerbird.

Thank you to everyone who brought in a gold coin for donation, that will go towards library resources and exciting literacy events.

As part of our Harmony Day celebrations, students were treated to a special visit from local author and educator, Pho Yann. She delighted us with her debut picture book, 'Spring Rolls and Vegemite Sandwiches', which celebrates culture, food and friendship. We thank Pho for entertaining and inspiring our students, as well as the books that were gifted to some of our lucky students!