Victorian Premiers’

Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Footscray West Primary is excited to be participating. A new application is being used this year that 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 students from Prep to Year 6. It is not a competition; it’s a personal challenge for students to read a set number of books from February to 1 September 2020.

There are rules you need to follow to meeting the Challenge. If you are a student in Prep to Year 6 you need to:

• let your teacher know you wish to register for the challenge this year
• read the following number of books during the Challenge
  • Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers (at least 20 from the official booklist).
  • Children from Year 3 to Year 6 are challenged to read 15 books (at least 10 from the official booklist).
• keep a record of  your reading. You will be given a username and password for the challenge website when you return to school and you can then enter your books on the website.

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 booklists and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

Jodi, Library