The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) 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. Children in Kindergarten - Year 2 need to read 30 books from the K-2 PRC list to complete the challenge. They can read those books independently or with someone else. We read many books from the PRC list during library lessons and classroom teachers read them as well. Students in Years 3-6 need to read 20 books from their stage level (Year 3-4 or Year 5-6) to complete the challenge. These books need to be read independently. They will be keeping a record of the books they are reading for the challenge during library lessons. Stay tuned for another blog post about how to record your books on the PRC website. The 2020 PRC poster has been designed and illustrated by Mick Elliott, Australian Reading Hour ambassador, and author and illustrator of great books including the hilarious Squidge Dibley! You can see his artwork in the banner at the top of this post. You can click on the link in this video to see hear Mick tell us why he thinks reading matters, and why you should take some time to find the book that's right for you!
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This blog is a great place to find out more about what's happening in our library, read book reviews written by students and teachers, find out tips and tricks for reading, research, books and libraries .... and much more. If you are a student, parent, teacher or friend of our school, use this blog to find information about our new and favourite books, information services and school library events. If you are visiting us from somewhere else in the world, then welcome to our school library! The aim of our school library is to be:
Another great idea for our blog name came from Macey from 5D who suggested 'The Blurb'. This is now the title for the section in our blog about books we love. Jasper's (5/6L) idea for a name: Biblio Blog ("biblio" means "relating to books") was also fantastic, and we will use this in the blog somewhere too. Estelle, Jasper and Macey all earned prizes for their efforts. Library Lover's DayLibrary Lovers' DayWe started off the year in our library by celebrating Library Lovers' Day on 14 February. Library Lovers' Day is celebrated on 14 February each year in libraries all over Australia. We celebrate love on this day, so why not celebrate the books we love too? This year the theme was "Uncover Something New" and we had a display of new books in the library. Students, teachers and parents thought and wrote about what they love about libraries on a love note, and we have displayed those love notes on our library windows. Don't they look great? Learning About LibrariesIn Term 1, our library lessons across the school focus on helping students find their way around the library so they can find both fiction (stories) and non-fiction (information/ facts) that interest them. It's vital that students have the chance to borrow books that they have chosen for themselves. There is a multitude of research that shows this is the best way for children to become life long readers. The BlurbTilly and the Bookwanderers
The Year 4 and 5 classes have been reading a wonderful new book during our library lessons. Tilly and the Bookwanderers was written by Anna James and is the first in an exciting series about Matilda (Tilly) who lives with her grandparents in their bookshop Page & Co. When strange characters start appearing in the bookshop, Tilly meets a new friend who might be able to help her solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance years ago. Recommended for ages 8+. The second book in the series, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales, is also available from the library. |