Congratulations to all families making time to read - reading can take us to many places!! We can make a virtual escape to either somewhere real or make-believe, the choice is ours, depending on the book we are reading. It appears that there are many using Sora to access either eBooks or audio books, and hopefully some of you are also using the International Children’s Digital Library, where you will find books from around the world, and in many different languages:

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

Don’t forget to take a look at our Oliver Library Home page which has links to many interesting sites and activities. Remember to keep a reading log of all the books you are reading, titles and authors, and we can register these later on for the Premiers' Reading Challenge.  Explore your book further with some of the writing activities on the sheet below, or perhaps design a new cover for your book, or make some book marks you can use to mark your spot. Another idea is to write a different ending for your book – sometimes we don’t like the way a story ends, so we can write our own! Maybe print out the following sheet and colour in the icon when you complete the activity.

Premiers' Reading Challenge: Let’s hope we are keeping records of books read so we can register them when we get back to school. Anyone who remembers their login details  can register your books anytime. Remember to look at the PRC website to make sure the books chosen are on the correct list – if you have too many not on the list they will not be accepted. Years 3 - 6 must read at least 15 from the lists and may read up to 5 personal choice books; Kindergarten – Year 1 can read 25 from the list and 5 free choice. Year 2 have read the books together in class.  Have a look at the Premiers Reading Challenge website:

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

Daily Reading: Don’t forget to try to take at least ten minutes out of your busy day to read with or to your children.

"I beg you all to read superb books aloud to your children! Begin on the day they are born. I am very serious about this, at least three stories and five nursery rhymes a day, if not more, and not only at bedtime, either!."

                                                        Mem Fox

Happy reading!

Mrs Susan Bryant

Teacher Librarian