Welcome back to Library for 2022, and a big welcome to our new students and their families.  It is very exciting that we are back in our Library space this year!. Library lessons will be fortnightly, coinciding with Sport and Creative Arts. The regular timetable starts next week, with Year 6 Tuesday, Year 5 Wednesday, Year 3 on Thursday and Year 2 Friday. 

For our Library lessons, the students need to bring a Library bag to carry home the books they borrow, they cannot borrow without a Library bag. If a student forgets to bring the Library bag on the day of the lesson, he / she can bring it in the following day and borrow then. 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 (PRC): Any students who would like to take part in the PRC for 2022 are encouraged to do so. All students from Years 3 - 6 will be registered, Year 2  students will complete the Challenge in class, and we ask parents of students in Kinder and Year 1 to please notify us in writing if your children would like to participate.

It is an easy challenge – students in Years 3 - 6 only need to read 20 books from the PRC list, and students in K, Year 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. We have until the end of August to complete the Challenge. 

 All those students who have 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. Registration can only be done through the school. In the meantime it is a good idea to keep a list of the books read.Thank you.

Scholastic Book Club: The brochures will be sent home this week, ordering is available online as indicated on the brochures, using the LOOP system. No orders or money are able to be accepted at school. If you have any problems, please don’t hesitate to contact us in the Library. Orders close for this issue, Issue One, on Monday 14  February. Orders are delivered to the school, and distributed to the students as soon as they arrive. Thank you. 

World Read Aloud Day Today Wednesday 2 February  is World Read Aloud Day. For 13 years, World Read Aloud Day has called attention to the importance of sharing stories by challenging participants to grab a book, find an audience, and read-aloud! The global effort, created by the non-profit LitWorld and sponsored by Scholastic, is celebrated annually in over 173 countries and is all about bringing people together through the shared connection of reading aloud in all of our communities. Teachers will be celebrating at school today by reading a book to their students. 

Daily Reading: It is important to try to read with your children for at least ten minutes a day. Let’s hope there is time in your day to read aloud with your family today to celebrate WRAD! 

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

Emilie Buchwald, Children's Author

Happy reading!

Mrs Sue Bryant

Teacher-Librarian