LEARNING & TEACHING

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge at St Joseph’s, Northcote

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and St Joseph’s is excited to be participating. 

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 Friday 5th September, 2025. This year, the Challenge is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the theme ‘20 years of words and wonder’ and a year of special activities. For details, follow the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Facebook page. 

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. Since it began in 2005, more than 4.5 million young readers have taken part and together read more than 63 million books!

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers, as well as 15 house points.

To log in:

1. Go to the challenge application: https://vprc.eduweb.vic.gov.au/home  
2. Select the School/Student button.
3. Select the VPRC login option.
4. Enter the attached username and password.
5. Select Login.

For further information about using the portal, visit:

https://www.vic.gov.au/school-student-and-parents-taking-part-premiers-reading-challenge  

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

bsymons@sjnorthcote.catholic.edu.au

Happy reading!

Miss Brittany