Library News

Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and St. Joseph’s is excited to be participating. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:

1. access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
2. a modern user-friendly interface
3. rewarding  students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
4. the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 17 September 2021.

Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc 

Your child's Username and Password will be coming home soon.  Please check their school bag and keep this in a safe place as it is needed to log into the Challenge application.  If these are lost, teachers also have a copy for all their students.

Scholastic Book Club

Book club order forms are being sent home this week.  

Please place any orders by next Friday 14th May. 

 Thank you.