At the end of Week 4, the Year 5 students and a selection of Year 6 and Year 7-12 students enjoyed a fabulous day at the Voices on the Coast Literary Festival. The Voices on the Coast Literary Festival encourages students to be active readers, engages them with creative writing and provides them with the opportunity to learn from successful Australian authors and illustrators.
The Year 5 children loved all three authors and they felt very lucky to have the opportunity to spend the day there. All the tips they collected from the authors will now be put to use in their English lessons and applied to their own writing. Year 6 students enjoyed the sessions with the very funny Tim Harris and talks by Jacqueline Harvey and Pip Harry. Highlights for the Year 7-12 students included a talk on research by George Ivanoff, a writing workshop with dystopian author Mark Smith, spending too much money at the bookstore, a hilarious session with poet Steven Herrick, a lecture with the very popular Lynette Noni, and an interactive storytelling session with local Indigenous author, Gregg Dreise.
All students also had the opportunity to have their books signed by the authors and chat to them between sessions, while enjoying the sunshine at the University of the Sunshine Coast.
