Resource Centre
Mother's Day Craft - postponed until 10th May!
Students are invited to join Ms O'Neill and Mrs Jepson in the Resource Centre on Wednesday 10 May at lunchtime to make bookmarks for Mum to take home as a gift for Mother's Day. Please come and put your name down in the Resource Centre if you would like to attend.
New Arrivals
February and March titles.
Premier's Reading Challenge
All the students who have registered to be part of the Premiers Reading Challenge for 2023 should have their passwords. They have either been sent to a parent or placed in your child’s diary near the back. Please let me know if you have registered but not received one yet.
For those still wishing to sign up:
If your child has participated in the past all you need to do is use the same login details.
If you can’t locate those login details let Ms Height know and she will reset the password for you.
If you child is new to the challenge, you can join them up by:
- Contacting me via mheight@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au.
- Having your child let Ms Height know in their Library lesson.
- Letting your child's teacher know via diary and they can pass it on to the Library Staff.
Once I have received the passwords I will send them to you and also have it placed into your child's diary.
If you want to begin locating books for your children to read for the challenge please take time to preview some of the lists that have been created on the website: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html
Rule 1.
You must read a certain number of books to complete the Challenge. Please refer to the Booklist page for more information: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html
Challenge level | Total number of books to be read | Minimum number of PRC books | Maximum number of Personal Choice books | Booklists included as PRC book choices |
| K-2 | 30 | 20 | 10 | K-2, 3-4, 5-6 |
| 3-4 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3-4, 5-6, 7-9 |
| 5-6 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5-6, 7-9 |
| 7-9 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5-6, 7-9, 9plus |
| 3-9 | 20 | 10 | 10 | All booklists |
Rule 2.
a. K-2 Challenge: You can read books or have them read to you in your home language.
b. 3-4, 5-6,and 7-9 challenges: you must read all PRC books in English. You may read Personal Choice books in your home language.
Rule 3K-2 students only: if you can read Simple Chapter books on your own, you can attempt the 3-4 Challenge. You need to get your Students Reading Record changed to Challenge level 3-4. See Miss Height.
- 3-4, 5-9 and 7-9 students only: students with special needs who would experience difficulty completing the challenge at their grade-appropriate level can take part in the 3-9 Challenge. Students on the 3-9 Challenge level will complete the challenge by reading 20 books from any challenge level (including K-2) with whatever levels of support are appropriate to their needs.
- For all students: students who experience difficulty completing the challenge due to circumstances outside their control should talk to Miss Height for further details.
Rule 4
3-4, 5-6, 7-9 Students only: If your teacher thinks you need extra help, you can listen to unabridged audio versions of the books as long as you read along.
Rule 5
In an approved series on the PRC Booklists, you can read any five books as PRC books. You can read up to ten other books from the same series as personal choices books
Series Books (other information)
In an approved series, any FIVE books from the series can be read as part of official PRC reading.
Up to ten other books from the same series can be read as personal choice books.
Approved series with their individual titles and PRC IC numbers can be viewed in PDF links on this website: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html
2023 Challenge dates
Challenge opens: 27 February 2023
Challenge closes for student entries: Friday 18 August 2023
There are many things to look forward to in Term 2
In the lead up to National Simultaneous Storytime, Kinder - Year 2 will be completing activities during their library lesson. Students will learn all about sloths through new books available in the library and during library lessons. And we will be having an event in the Resource Centre on the 24th May!
Keep reading everyone!
Ms Height, Mrs Jepson and Ms O’Neill
Resource Centre Team
Important details
Opening Hours:
Monday-Thursday 8:30am to 4:30pm, Friday 8:30am to 4:00pm
Borrowing and Returns
Students may borrow and return books before school, recess, lunchtime and after school. Primary School students also have the chance to borrow books during their fortnightly Library lessons.
Renewals
Students are able to re-borrow books for an additional two weeks by speaking to staff at the Library Circulation Desk. If further borrowing is required, students are to bring their book with them to allow the staff to sight the book. In addition, students can renew their book/s by emailing the Library.
Requests
If your child would like to borrow a specific book and the title is not included in our current catalogue, we will add this to our purchase wishlist.
Overdue notices
If you receive an overdue notice there is a chance that the books may been processed through our system after the email was sent, so we encourage all parents to follow up any issues by emailing the Resource Centre at library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au
If you have any other enquiries, do not hesitate to contact us.