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Year 7 – Take a break, relax and read!

As part of their English programme, all Year 7 students are undertaking the Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC), a challenge to read 20 books across the 12 months from September last year to the closing date on 20 August this year.

With the limitations of lockdown and the experience of remote learning, there couldn’t be a better opportunity for students to take some time out every day to relax and read.

By this stage, students should have filled in their PRC Student Reading Record with most, if not all, of the 20 books they need to read to complete the challenge.

Please ask your daughter to log in and show you where she’s up to. She has her username and password, and the PRC site is accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. If she cannot log in for any reason at all, ask her to email me and I will find a solution.

Our online e-book library (SORA) has a huge range of interesting and appropriate titles, including a special section for PRC titles, and is easily accessible to the girls. If they’ve forgotten their login details or can’t remember how to use SORA, there are three short helpful videos on the Jarnosse site, which is accessible via their student cloudshare page.

There’s no better time for snuggling up and reading than during a winter lockdown, when social and sporting activities are so restricted. So encourage your daughter to find some books and set aside some reading time each day.

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