{"id":100701,"date":"2025-08-29T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=100701"},"modified":"2025-08-27T22:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:58:58","slug":"favourite-characters-parade-for-book-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/favourite-characters-parade-for-book-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Favourite characters parade for Book Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUDENTS and teachers dressed up for a Book Week parade this week at Holy Rosary Primary School.<\/p>\n<p>Dinosaurs and witches, footballers and fairies paraded with their classmates in a colourful array of costumes.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Jen Roberts said the weather was perfect for the parade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The kids get really excited about dressing up as their favourite characters,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100707\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-100707\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/08\/HRBookweekScarlett_86668-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"887\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scarlett dressed as Hermoine Granger from the Harry Potter series for the Book Week parade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Book Week is all about encouraging reading in a fun way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the previous day we had The Blurbs visit for a special concert.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Blurbs are book enthusiasts who encourage children to read though performance and music.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their show featured original songs about books short listed by the CBCA for the Book of the Year awards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2025\/08\/HRBookweekteachers_89087.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RIGHT: Holy Rosary Primary School teachers joined in the Book Week fun and dressed up for the parade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parents watched on as the students and teachers paraded in their costumes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was great to see all the children make a great effort to dress up for our parade and so many parents coming to watch,&#8221; said Ms Roberts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The children spent the rest of the day rotating around different classrooms for special Book Week activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STUDENTS and teachers dressed up for a Book Week parade this week at Holy Rosary Primary School. 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