Welcome back to Term 3, certainly not how we thought it would look! We are getting in to the routine of online learning and we can do that for our reading too. If we have books at home we can maybe read some that we haven’t yet had time to, but we can also use Sora for digital and audio books. If you have not used this format yet the instructions are on our Oliver Library home page, the link for which is on the school website. There is also a link on our Library home page for the International Children’s Digital Library, where you will find books from around the world, and in many different languages http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Our Oliver Library Home page also has links to many interesting sites and activities, so take a look and explore some of these experiences. When a book is finished, maybe retell and respond to your reading by creating some of these fun craft activities. Perhaps print out the following sheet and colour in a box when the activity is done. Younger students may like to draw their favourite character from the story, showing something the character has done in the story, or where the events took place.

Premiers' Reading Challenge. Remember to look at the PRC website to see if the books chosen by the students are on the correct list – if you have too many not on the list they may not be accepted.  We have until the end of August to complete the challenge, and if the students remember their login details they can login and register the books they have read. Years 3 - 6 must read 20 books; Kinder and Year 1 must read 30.  Year 2 students have completed the PRC in class.

https://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html

Daily Reading: Remember how important it is to read every day, while we are all at home we must make time to sit and read. Reading along with our children is even more invaluable! The genius Albert Einstein placed enormous value on the reading of fairy tales. He once said:

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be very intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

Happy reading!

Mrs Susan Bryan

Teacher Librarian