St Joseph’s Pinjarra young writers excel

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Pinjarra have shown off their creativity triumphing in the 2025 Write a Book in a Day, a national initiative to raise money for the Kids’ Cancer Project.

St Joey’s Strive, an extension group comprising Year 5 and 6 students, won National Best Book – Primary for ‘Rock ‘n’ Rescue’ with the judges saying:

“A first chapter consisting mostly of cow puns set the bar high, and this narrative maintains the delight-factor to the very end. Perfectly pitched for its intended audience, it balances laughs and a narrative thrust that keeps pages turning. A legen-dairy effort.”

The group also won the State Best Book award. The school raised $675 as part of the initiative.

This was a record year for Write a Book in a Day, with $1.2 million raised for childhood cancer research. In all 16,661 writers, within 2257 teams from 569 schools and writing groups across the country took part.

Our Lady’s Assumption School took home a Highly Commended in the Primary School Best Book competition for ‘The Dingo’s Quest’ by OLA Story Stormers 2025.