Sadly no classes have yet earned Gold Stars; we had quite a few students in each class who forgot to bring their bags! We did lend out a few of our Loan Bags so we need to have those returned please. Tomorrow is Library for Year 1, and below is a reminder of Library days for next week when each student needs to bring a Library bag, and return the books borrowed the previous lesson:

Tuesday – Year 3

Wednesday – Year 5

Thursday – Year 2

Friday – Year 4

Library day is the same day as Sport so that might help as a reminder! 

The Library bag is important for transporting the books to and from school because it helps protect them while in the school bag. We regularly have books which have to be disposed because they get wet. 

Premiers' Reading Challenge: All students in Years 3 - 6 will be registered, Year 2 will be participating as a grade,and we ask parents of students in Kinder and Year 1 to please notify us in writing if your children would like to take part.

It is an easy challenge – students in Years 3 - 6 only need to read 20 books from the PRC list, and students in K,1 and 2 are required to read 30. The booklists are found at https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html

You can search our Library catalogue to see all the available books on the list – go to oliver.dow.catholic.edu.au/miev, and type ‘premier’ in the search box. You can then select the required level, either K - 2, 3 - 4, or 5 - 6. 

All those students who participated in the PRC in previous years are able to use the same User name and password to login this year, but you cannot login until registration is completed in early March. If you have lost your login details you need to let us know in the Library – we will not send out letters to last year’s participants  with login details unless  we are notified that they need a reminder. Registration can only be done through the school. Thank you. 

Daily Reading: Our lives are very busy but it is important to try to read with your children for at least ten minutes a day.

 "Children are made readers on the laps of their parents."         

Emilie Buchwald, Children's Author

Happy reading!

Mrs Susan Bryant - Teacher Librarian