Winter wonderland full of fun characters

Devon Meadows Primary School students Edward, Natasha and Jazmin came to school last week dressed as their favourite book characters.Emma and Aaron hold up the books that inspired their costumes in the school’s book parade.			          Pictures: Meagan Rogers.Devon Meadows Primary School students Edward, Natasha and Jazmin came to school last week dressed as their favourite book characters.Emma and Aaron hold up the books that inspired their costumes in the school’s book parade. Pictures: Meagan Rogers.

BOOK characters in the form of disguised children and teachers visited Devon Meadows Primary School on Monday.
The students dressed in some fantastic costumes for their book parade, part of the school’s Book Week celebrations.
Teacher Amber Crawford said it had been a great response with the majority of kids and all the teachers dressing up for the parade.
“There were a lot of pirates and also princesses and fairies,” Ms Crawford said.
“There were a few Where’s Wallys and Darth Vaders and Dorothys. We even had a Mother Nature.”
Also coinciding with Literacy and Numeracy Week, students have been participating in activities all week.
Each day students took part in a whole-school bingo game, with numbers read over the loud speaker.
Poet Raymond J. Bar-tholomew also came to the school to read some of his works.
The school library was decked out in a winter theme, with icebergs, Eskimos, penguins, a full-size igloo that children could crawl into and read, snowflakes on the walls, and a snowman bigger than any of the kids.