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Thiele Library has a long history of working closely with the Catford (Pedare), Thomas (Gleeson) and Golden Grove High School's Libraries. One of the longest of these traditions is the cross campus Book Cup which traditionally has involved all Year 8 English students across the campus culminating in an author visit and Grand Final in Book Week in August. 

Book Cup 2022
2022 marks the first time ever where all three of our schools have Year 7s on our shared campus. This year for Book Cup we are inviting all Year 7s to participate in the Book Cup for the first time. This year Year 7 and 8s will be competing alongside Year 8s, and therefore will have two chances to participate in Book Cup Competition, this year and next.
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2022 Competition details and Entry Forms are available here.
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Book Week Guest Author and Poet Manal Younas Visit
After delayed and then cancelled visits in 2020 and 2021, local guest author and poet Manal Younas will be finally visiting our campus to share he poetry and inspiration with all Year 8s on campus. We look forward to having Manal here on the Monday of Book Week 2022, in 21 August, the Pedare Chapel.

Book Cup 2021
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This year was the 28th year of the cross campus Book Cup, it was once teams of Year 8s from Golden Grove High School, Pedare and Gleeson Colleges. Following on from the success of the 2020 Book Cup's new multimodal format, teams of four Year 8 students were encouraged to submit their response in a multimodal or video format. View the COMPETITION DETAILS here.

Congratulations to the Far Away team from Gleeson College who won the Book Cup with t
heir presentation based on 'The Magic Faraway Tree' by Enid Blyton. Local Member for King, Paula Luethen MP, presented the team with certificates and a $50 Booktopia voucher each in Thiele Library on the Friday of Book Week, 27 August 2021. Judging was very close, these were followed by a team from Pedare who made a video response to The Witches by Roald Dahl. Congratulations to all Year 8 students who worked hard to transform chosen books into multimodal visual texts. 



Book Cup 2020
On Friday 23 October, Book Week, the annual cross-campus Year 8 Book Cup Grand Final was held on Thiele Library. This was a chance for the best four teams from our school to gather with pop-corn and pizza to view their Book Cup entry videos and presentations. 

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The 2020 version of the Book Cup was in a new format which required students to work in teams to produce a multi-modal presentation reflecting a book. The entries from our school and across the campus showed a great range of creativity and ability to work with their team. Congratulations to the winning entry from Gleeson College with their video on the Lorax, and the second placed team from Golden Grove who made a clever and original video based on the book Roderick Rules (from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series). The winning teams were presented with certificates and gift vouchers presented by local MPs Paula Leuthen and Blair Boyer. Well done everyone who participated or assisted with Book Cup in 2020, we are now making adjustments for the 2021 Book Cup edition in the improved new format.



Book Week Guest Author 2020: Dr Jared Thomas
Guest author Dr Jared Thomas visited our school to speak to all Year 8 students and ATSI students from Golden Grove High School on Tuesday 20 October for Book Week. He spoke about his background growing up as Nukunu Aboriginal person and some of his travel around the world as a writer. Jared Thomas also talked about read from his award-winning novels Calypso Summer, Songs That Sound Like Blood, Game Day series with NBA Basketballer Patrick Mills. The Year 8 students and invited ATSI students engaged with his presentation and asks some great questions about his writing process and life experiences. We have several of Jared Thomas' books available for loan already in Thiele Library.

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Book Cup 2019
The Book Cup Grand Final in 2019 was held on Friday 23 August 2019. Congratulations to the Pumpkin Spiced Pigeons from Golden Grove High School who are this year's winners.

Author Scot Gardner visited our ONE+ campus to talk to all Year 8s from all three schools on Tuesday the 27th of August. Scot Gardner is a well-known and experienced Australian author of books for young adults and adolescents. An extract of his book Sparrow was part of this year’s Book Cup texts. His latest book titled Changing Gear was shortlisted for the Children's Book Council Book of the Year. During his visit, Scot Gardner shared his passion for story-telling and the way in which he writes his books. He also encouraged the Year 8s to share their own stories, and finished off his presentation with some digeridoo playing.


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2019 Book Cup List

Novel:
1. Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks

 Film:
2. Spiderman: Into the Spider- verse


Picture Book Extracts:
3. Mechanica  - 'Mechanical Butterfly' and 'Powered Spider'
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Aquatica - 'Sea Turtle' and 'Golden Fire Fish'
 by Lance Balchin 

Novel Extracts:
4. Sparrow by Scot Gardner -
Pages 1 to 11

5. Defy the World by Claudia Gray - Chapters 1 to 3

6. Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
​Chapters 1 to 3

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What is the Book Cup 2019?
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Book Cup Extracts:
Aquatica by Lance Blachin Extract.pdf
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Mechanica by Lance Balchin - Extract.pdf
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Sparrow by Scot Gardner - Excerpt Chapters Pages 1 to 11
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Defy the Worlds by Claudia Gray - Read the Extract Chapters 1 to 3 - Via Overdrive "Read the Sample."
Lenny's-Book-of-Everything by-Karen Foxlee- extract.pdf
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Teaching and Learning Resources:
book_cup_2019_student_check_list.pdf
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book_cup_2019_tasks_thinkers_keys.pdf
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book_cup_2019_tasks_thinkers_keys.doc
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Two Wolves Teacher Resources
​from the Tristan Bancks Website
Sparrow by Scot Gardner - Teacher's Notes
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Into the Spider-verse Quiz

Spider-verse Discussion Guide and Review

Discover the Spider-Verse Virtual Field Trip
St Alban's: Study Guide: Two Wolves: Themes & Motifs
​PETAA - Study Guide Themes
Two Wolves Prezi

Book Cup 2018
Book Cup Grand Final was held on Friday 25 August 2018. The Children's' Book Week for 2018 was 'Find your Treasure.' Teams represented their schools very well, showing a good knowledge of the books, short-stories and movie.  Congratulations to District 12 from Pedare who won this year's Book Cup. Thank You to Mrs Fran Slater who volunteered her time to host.

Short story set
  • Biography: Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Fictional short story: Treasure Island
  • Non fiction: The Real Treasure Island
  • Non fiction: Amazing Archeologist
  • Fictional short story: Treasure Island


Graphic story
The Keeper’s Treasure: Jason Caffoe


Novels
The Bone Sparrow, by Zana Fraillon
Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks
Zita the Spacegirl, by Ben Hatke

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 Film
Jumanji 2



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2018 Book Cup Launch PowerPoint
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Marvels and Mysteries: Lost Treasure by Paul Mason
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Short Story set: treasure island.pdf
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archeogical_terracotta_soldiers.pdf
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The Keepers Treasure by Jason Caffoe - Graphic short story
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Book Cup 2017
This year was the 24th Annual Cross-Campus Book Cup. All of the texts outlined below represent the theme of this year's Children's Book Council which is 'Escape to Everywhere.' We are very much enjoyed Year 8 students 'escaping' into the Book Cup texts and exploring the theme. Congratulations to The Four Racoons from Pedare who were our overall winners this year.

We were also very happy to invite guest author and illustrator Dan McGuinness back to talk to all Year 8 students on campus in the Dame Roma Mitchell Centre. Dan was well again received.

Please leave your feedback on this year's Book Cup via this Survey.



Novels:
The Bone Sparrow by Zaina Fraillon
​Two Wolves by
Tristan Bancks 

Graphic Novel:
Zita the Space Girl by Ben Hatke

Graphic Short-story:

 'The Runner's' by Isobelle Carmody and Prabya Mallya (from Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean. 2015). 

Short stories:
From Paper Boats: 
An Anthology of Short Short Stories (2012) - 'Escape':
My Mother, My Hero by Kobra Moradi
My Name is Fatima by Jamilia Shirzaz
The Never-Ending Journey by Zyed Hussain Mosawi 


Film:
Hunt for the Wilder People (2016)

The Bone Sparrow Teachers Notes
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'The Runner's by Isobel Carmody and Prabya Mallya (from Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean).
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Paper Boats: An Anthology of Short Short Stories (2012) - 'Escape'
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Annotated Book Cup List 2017
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Book Cup 2017 Activities
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Hunt for the Wilder People - Clickview Link (Use login if available at your school)


Book Cup 2016
2016 was the 23rd Annual Cross-Campus Book Cup. This year's theme was based on the Children's Book Council Book Week theme 'Australia! Story Country' which provided a great opportunity for students to read and view a great range of texts from Australian authors and illustrators. During Book Week, on Monday 22 August, we invited special guest illustrator, film maker and author Dan McGuinness to talk to all Year 8 students on Campus in the Dame Roma Mitchell Centre (DRMC) during which all Year 8 students on campus were able to listen to Dan inspire students on how the art and history of comic book making.

The Book Cup Grand Final was held on Friday 26 August 2016 in Thiele Library. 

Part of the Grand Final was the Creative Challenge which this year was inspired by the film Paper Planes (2015). Teams were encouraged to create and fly paper planes across the Thiele Library, as well as create a storyboard to show the inspiration for their plane design.

Congratulations to the Kawaii Pandas from
Golden Grove High School who were the 2016 Book Cup overall winners.

We appreciate your Book Cup Feedback, please complete our survey here.




Picture book:
My Gallipoli by Ruth Starke and Robert Hannaford
Novels:
Helicopter Man by Elizabeth Fensham
Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks
Film:
Paper Planes (2014)
Poetry
My Country by Dorothy McKellar, Video by Screenkate on You Tube
Short stories:
Shark Bait by Colin Thiele from a collection of stories called Sting in the Tail
 A Waltz for Matilda (first two chapters) by Jackie French
'Boomerang' in The Legend of the Moonie Jarl  retold by Moonie Jarl (Wilf Reeves), illustrated by Wandi (Olga Miller) INDIGENOUS LITERACY FOUNDATION 2014
Website:
Dan Mcguinness' Official Website
http://danmcguinness.com.au/

Boomerang - Intructions from The Legend of Moonie 2014
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'The Boomerang' from The Legend of Moonie Jarl 2014
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Paper Planes - Penguin Film Study Guide
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Sharkbait by Colin Thiele
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Book Cup 2015
The 22nd Annual Cross-Cross Campus Book Cup. As part of our
Book Week celebrations, respected and well known Australian author Dr Ruth Starke visited the Thiele Library on Wednesday 26 August to share her knowledge and writing expertise with the Book Cup Semi-Finalist from each school. The Book Week Grand Final was held in the Thiele Library on Friday 28 August with the team ACE from Pedare Christian College winning a tight but enjoyable Grand Final.
2015 Book Cup Reading List

Novels

Macbeth and Son by Jackie French 
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
My Gallipoli by Ruth Starke
Film Big Hero 6 (2014)  
Short Stories 'Shark Bait' by Colin Thiele from Sting in the Tail: A Collection of Short Stories.
'Under the Rice Moon' by Rhiannon Puck
 'The Runner's' by Isobelle Carmody and Prabya Mallya (from Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean).


Book Cup 2015 Launch
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'The Runner's by Isobel Carmody and Prabya Mallya (from Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean).
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'Sharkbait' by Colin Thiele from 'A Sting in the Tale: a collection of short stories.'
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My Gallipoli 
Study Guide
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