Students will be bringing home Issue 3 of the Scholastic Book Club.

Orders are due by Friday 9^th May 2025.

There are two ways to order/pay:

1. Credit Card To pay by credit card, visit scholastic.com.au/LOOP or download the LOOP app. Your order will be electronically linked to the rest of the school’s order.
2. Cash Please enclose cash with completed order form and return to school library

Your orders are very much appreciated as each order earns the school points towards buying new resources.

If you have any queries or require additional copies of the Book Club then please contact Mrs Caskie in the library or email to gcask1@eq.edu.au

Many thanks.

The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is an annual statewide initiative for Queensland state and non-state schools and home-educated students from Prep to Year 9, as well as children (aged up to 5 years) enrolled in an early childhood centre. The PRC aims to improve literacy and encourage children to read for pleasure and learning.

We are delighted to invite all students to participate in the challenge which commences on 6^th May and runs until 22nd August.

All families will receive a Premier’s Reading Challenge reading log by email. Students will also receive a paper copy from their teacher. Once completed, these reading logs should be returned to the class teacher or Mrs Caskie in the library. They can also be emailed to Mrs Caskie in the library at gcask1@eq.edu.au

The PRC is not a competition but a way to encourage students to develop a love of reading for life. Students are encouraged to select a range of fiction and non-fiction books suited to their reading ability and record books read during the reading period, between 6th May to 22nd August.

To complete the challenge:

• Prep to Year 2 must read or experience at least 20 books
• Years 3 and 4 must read at least 20 books
• Years 5 to 6 must read at least 15 books. 

The following activities can be counted towards the challenge:

• reading independently
• shared reading
• being read to (Prep – Year 2 for books written in English; and all year levels for additional languages). 

The following literature forms can be counted towards the challenge:

• printed books
• e-books, virtual books and digital publications
• graphic novels and comic books
• audio and braille books
• newspapers, magazines and recipe books
• books in additional languages (other than English). 

The aim for the 2025 challenge is to engage more students to read than ever before!

No need for students to register individually as they will be included in our school registration.

At the end of the challenge, all participants who have handed in a completed reading log will receive a certificate from the Premier.

Happy reading!