From the Library
Premier’s Reading Challenge Monday 23 February – Friday 18 September 2026
Congratulations
Congratulations to these readers who have completed the challenge:
Year 2
- Eva Ali Ahmed
- Yuyi Chen
- Jocelyn Hu
- Camilla Hutchison
- Ruby Jenkins
- Abbeygayle Jin
- Zoe Kepreotis
- Rumi Kurihara
- Yasmine Maswasskhel
- Kara McLornan
- Kathleen Meng
- Ellie To
- Lily Trinh
- Olivia Wang
- Charlize Wong
- Charlotte Wong
- Ivy Youssef
- Amber Zhang
- Yara Zhang
- Clara Zhu
Year 3
- Leah Gao
- Yinuo Jin
- Louisa Li
- Holly Martin
- Christina Shi
- Simone Sidhom
Year 4
- Harper Begnell
- Charlotte Cordina
- Keira Dempsey
- Ellie Kang
- Larissa Truong
Year 5
- Ayesha Chandramohan
- Sonia Chung
- Maya Erazo Djurisic
- Selina Lo
- Gem McGuire
- Olivia Ngo
- Giselle Serraville
- Sahana Siva
- Katniss Wu
Well done! Please come to the library to choose your bookmark.
Congratulations to the following students who have had their musings about books and reading published in this month’s Kid’s Corner magazine, a Children’s Book Council of Australia online magazine.
- Sally Hafer (Year 5O)
- Inneke Nielsen (Year 5C)
- Ayla Sumantri (Year 5F)
Book Launch Invitation
Thursday 14 May 2026
2.20pm
The Daphne Line Hall
Parents and carers are warmly invited to attend the book launch of Belong. Author and illustrator team, Sharon and Freya, will talk about their inspiration for this picture book. Copies will be available to purchase from the publisher, WestWords. Afterwards, join your daughter for a Book Picnic in their House group.
I believe the best writing comes from lived experience and connects deeply with the reader. Unfortunately, many people at one time or another will have felt excluded. We all long to belong. It is particularly true of young people who are beginning to build relationships outside of family, taking their first steps to becoming social beings.
Stories afford readers a safe space to explore their own feelings, question the world around them and empathise with others. This is why I entered the WestWords Picture Book Manuscript competition in response to the theme of Belong. The story follows an arc from exclusion to inclusion but does so in a child friendly way. I wanted to make the words dance with each other, evoking feelings, sparking curiosity and delight, while Freya’s images link the abstract concepts to familiar, adorable characters with which the reader can build a relationship.
My love of children’s literature spans decades. As a book reviewer, Teacher and Teacher Librarian I have had the privilege and joy of passing that love onto future generations. Having completed a Masters in Writing and Children’s Literature I know what young people are passionate to read and am humbled that I now have brought a story from conception to reality, that will sit in our library bookshelves among the books that I love and have read so many times.
Happy reading!
– Sharon Seymour
Teacher/Librarian