2025 Premier’s Reading Challenge

Dear Parents and Carers

It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of the 2025 Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) at SCEGGS Darlinghurst.

The 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 or a fundraiser, but a challenge to each student to read, to read more, and to read more widely.

Kindergarten to Year 2

The students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 will participate in the Challenge at school. Their online Reading Logs will be completed by Mrs McBride.

Years 3 to 6

The Years 3 to 6 students are invited to participate in the Challenge by reading 20 books, 10 from the PRC booklist and 10 of their own choice. This is followed by the completion of an online Reading Log. The girls will be shown how to complete their online Reading Log during a Library lesson in March.

Every student will be issued with a new Department of Education username and password during their Library lesson.

How to register and record books online:

1. Go to the website
2. Click on Log In in the upper top right-hand corner. This will take you to the NSW Department of Education portal login page. This is where students need to enter their username and password.
3. Complete the  Reader Survey if prompted.
4. You are now ready to complete the online reading log.
5. Click on top right – circular icon.
6. Click on My Reading Log. Add PRC Book or Personal Choice Book by title.

The Premier’s Reading Challenge concludes on 22 August 2025. All students who complete the Challenge will be presented with a personalised certificate in Term 4.

Please visit the PRC website for further information, or do not hesitate to contact me.

Karen McBride
Primary Teacher Librarian