2025 Premier’s Reading Challenge: February 24 – August 22  

The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge has begun and is a wonderful opportunity to promote reading in our school. Managed by The Arts Unit for the Department of Education and Communities, it aims to encourage students to read quality literature for enjoyment and enrichment, and to challenge themselves to read, to read more and to read more widely. There are over 11000 books in the PRC list. PRC books in our library are labelled with coloured stickers so the students can easily identify them. The local libraries are also a great place for students to access books on the list. The list can be searched here and once logged in, books can be added to a student’s reading record.

Log ins have all been reset this year. Over the next few weeks, the girls in Years 2-5 will be given their log in details and shown how to log their books. Kindergarten and Year 1 will complete the challenge at school. Challenge texts that are shared in the classroom and our library will be entered for them. 

There will be more information about how to log books and access loan history in upcoming newsletters.

CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2025

Congratulations to the creators and publishers of the books in this year’s Notables. This is the longlist of the best Australian children’s books as judged by the CBCA panel of judges. They were announced on Tuesday and can be accessed here: https://cbca.org.au/. We will find out the Shortlist in March and the winners are announced during Book Week on Saturday 16 August to Saturday 23 August 2025. This year’s Book Week theme is Book an Adventure!

Happy reading!

– Sharon Seymour
Teacher/Librarian