Premiers' Reading Challenge
First-to-finish Class Competition
This year, we will be awarding a casual clothes day to the first class to finish the 30-book challenge (Foundation to Year Two) and the 15-book challenge (Years Three to Six).
2BS has taken the lead in the F-2 competition, having 12.5% of their class that have completed the Challenge. 5AJ have extended their dominance of the 3-6 competition, with already 59% of the class having read their required number of books.
It's been great to see more students registering books over the past fortnight; thanks to those families who have jumped on board. Keep visiting the Challenge site (https://vprc.eduweb.vic.gov.au/home) and entering books as they are completed. The Challenge ends on September 17.
Book reviews
This week, we have some reviews from the students in 1TC. Thank you for sending these through, Miss Cant.
Eleanor 1TC
Book: Paris Takes Over the World
Author: Kyla May
Plot: It's about a girl who has parents who travel to different places and, for the first time, she is going on the adventure with her parents. You get to read a diary about her adventures.
Opinion: It's super amazing. I love it. I try to read it every night!
Olivia 1TC
Book: Lottie Perkins Ballerina
Author: Katrina Nannestad
Plot: There is a girl who is very mean and she told Lottie she wasn't good at ballet but Lottie kept trying anyway.
Opinion: I like it because Lottie was resilient.
William 1TC
Book: Funny Kid Get Licked
Author: Matt Stanton
Plot: Max and his friends go on adventures. They found some puppies but one got lost so they had to find it.
Opinion: I think it's good because it's pretty funny and they do funny things.
Mixalis 1TC
Book: Not Cute
Author: Philip Bunting
Plot: It's a story about a quoll who doesn't want to be called cute.
Opinion: I like it because it's funny.
Sam 1TC
Book: Ninja Kid 2
Author: Anh Do
Plot: He is in a jetpack and he tries to go up into the air but he has a bit of trouble.
Opinion: It's really good. I like it.
Tamsin 1TC
Book: There's a Big, Green Frog in the Toilet
Author: Anh Do
Plot: It's about someone who needs to go to the toilet but there was a frog in the toilet blocking the way.
Opinion: It was really funny.
James 1TC
Book: Pokemon
Author: Tracey West
Plot: They train Pokemon and have battles.
Opinion: It's really good, really funny and really exciting.
What are the teachers reading?
Miss Cant (1TC): The Resilience Project by Hugh Van Cuylenburg
Ms Frances (3JF): Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noise by Sara Piazza
Mrs Jeeves (5AJ): The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Mr Keen (FTK): Buckley's Hope by Craig Robertson
Mrs King (AP): Those in Peril by James Follett
Ms Knight (Library): The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov
Ms Morgan (5/6M): Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Mr Quinn (6AQ): Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Miss Seymour (2BS): Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Mr Tooth (3/4T): Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Miss Ward (1EW): The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Happy reading!