READERS’ CUP

The College ‘bookworms’ have been busy over the last five weeks preparing for the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s annual Readers’ Cup competition. Our four teams competing at Year 7/8 and Year 9/10 level, read five novels, and committed to memory details of characters, setting and plot. Teams from all over North Queensland came together at Ryan Catholic College on Monday 15 June to be quizzed by the judges on their recall. This year, there was a total of 62 teams competing, including 29 Year 5/6 teams, 22 Year 7/8 teams, and 11 Year 9/10 teams. Approximately 310 students competed in front of 150 audience members from Townsville, Charters Towers, Bowen and the Burdekin. Our Year 7, Year 9 and Year 10 teams all performed strongly, whilst the Year 8 team came away with the win. Congratulations to our Year 8 Readers’ Cup team – Evie, Isabelle, Ruby, Liyana and Sanuki – who took out their division: a fantastic achievement and so well-deserved.