Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge 2026

Good Shepherd School is excited to be participating in the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge. All students have been provided with login details and can track their reading progress through the Challenge dashboard:

https://vprcidentity.eduweb.vic.gov.au/account/login

This year’s Challenge theme is “Stories to discover. Stories to tell.” Stories can inspire and challenge us, helping us to grow. They open our eyes to new worlds, new perspectives, and new ways of thinking.

To successfully complete the Challenge:

• Prep to Year 2 students are required to read 30 books, with at least 20 books selected from the Challenge book list.
• Year 3 to Year 6 students are required to read 15 books, with at least 10 books selected from the Challenge book list.

Achieving this goal is a shared partnership between school and home. To support and encourage a love of reading, teachers will upload the rich texts studied in English lessons to each student's Challenge dashboard. This means:

• Prep to Year 2 students will have 12 books added to their dashboard.
• Year 3 to Year 6 students will have 4 books added to their dashboard.

The Challenge concludes at the end of August. All students who successfully complete the Challenge will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former premiers.

To learn more about the Challenge, visit the Premiers’ Reading Challenge website.

https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s classroom teacher or Mrs Cumming.

Happy reading!

Kellie Cumming and Mimi Chavarria 

Learning and Teaching Leader and Librarian