Literacy

Dear Heidelberg Primary School families,

Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Heidelberg Primary is excited to be participating. Students should have received their login details from their teacher this week.

The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:

• access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
• a modern user-friendly interface
• rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
• 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 8 September 2023.

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. These should be entered by students (or their parents/carers) online.

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, as well as how to enter the books online, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge 

2023 Children's Book Council Awards Shortlist Announced

This week the 2023 shortlisted books for the CBCA Awards were announced. To see which books have made the shortlist, visit: https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2023 

Book Week happens in Term 3 (August) where we celebrate the winners of this shortlist, as well as celebrating a love of books and reading as a school. Stay tuned for more information in coming terms.