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Bringing book favourites to life
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Warragul and District Specialist School celebrated Book Week 2025 in style last week.
Students and staff donned their best costumes on Tuesday morning for a special parade, donating their gold coin entry to Reading Out of Poverty.
Throughout the week, students had the chance to take home a book from the collection donated by school staff.
Above: Staff members Alesha Marshall, Steph Rogers, Marc Raab, April Inglese, Chantelle Raab, Heather Inglese and Ally Duggan stepped out of the pages of The Wizard of Oz and onto the basketball court.

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