The Premier's Reading Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more and to read more widely.

The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is available for all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 9.

The 2023 Challenge kicked off Monday 27 February and closes Friday 18 August (midnight) for students.

For further information please go to https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/home.html where you should be able to find the answers to any questions you may have.

The Challenge involves over 300,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 9 and more than 2100 government, non-government and home schools. The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge book lists open doors to a rich collection of children’s literature representing a range of books including fiction, non-fiction, picture books, poetry and drama, and include a wide variety of Australian authors.

K-2 students only need to read 30 books while Years 3-9 only need to read 20 between the 27th February and 18th August. It is a wonderful initiative that I encourage all students to be a part of. Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 students will complete the challenge with their classroom teacher through the books that are read to them on a daily basis. All other students who would like to participate will need to see Miss Bremner for their login in details.

If you are looking for a new book to read for yourself or an older child, this list is a fabulous resource!

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Scholastic Book Club Issue 2 went out this week. Please ensure that all orders are completed by Sunday 19th March.

What is it?

Scholastic Book Club is exclusively school-based and offer teachers and parents an easy way to purchase the best children's books at low prices. There is a Book Club for every grade, from preschool through to junior high. In each issue in the Scholastic Book Club student catalogue, your child will find a terrific selection of new and noteworthy fiction, classics, award-winning titles, perennial favourites, reference and sports books and more.

How does it work?

1. Twice each term, teachers distribute the Book Club catalogues to their students.2. Students take the flyers home to select books, software or other items with their parents.3. Students use LOOP or return order forms and payments to the school. 4. The order is placed with Scholastic Australia.5. Within three weeks, the box of books arrives in your child's classroom.

When your child gets to choose their very own books, reading becomes a joy and an adventure. That excitement can carry over into a lifelong love of reading. Also, the earlier students become independent readers, the more likely they are to succeed in school.

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