Book week
This year theme is "Reading is Magic"
On Wednesday 21 August, students will come to school dressed up as their favorite book character. Get your costumes ready!
Please find attached this year's Book of the Year Awards Shortlist from the Children's Book Council of Australia. Happy reading !
Premiers’ Reading Challenge
The Premiers’ Reading Challenge encourages students to read a set number of books over the year depending on their Challenge level, with their reading efforts recorded online. Picture books, short stories, poems or non-fiction books in any language can be part of the Challenge.
This year’s theme is ‘Explore. Learn. Enjoy’. The challenge ambassador is Melbourne-based author Gabrielle Wang, with the accompanying artwork designed by Shelley Knoll-Miller, a talented Australian illustrator with over 20 years experience as a cartoonist.
Please use this link for more info about the challenge: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge. The challenge closes on the 6th of September.
Students login to the online portal and update the books they have read over the course of a few months, with an aim of reading the set amount of books to complete the ‘challenge’.
Number of books you need to read
Prep to Year 2
- Number of books: 30
- Number of books from the Challenge book list: 20 or more
Year 3 to Year 9
- Number of books: 15
- Number of books from the Challenge book list: 10 or more
Our teachers have shared logins with students for you to access at home. Happy reading!