Congratulations to the two classes who earned Gold Stars last week –  K Green and 6 Gold well done, keep it up!!! Again, some of the other classes came close, but we still have two classes yet to achieve at least one…. we just need to remember to bring our Library bags in and return our overdue books!

A reminder of Library days:

Monday –Year 2

Tuesday – Year 6, Year 5

Wednesday – Year 3, Year 1

Thursday – Year 4, Kinder

As it is nearing the end of Term please check around home for any Library books or Classroom readers which may need to be returned. We also ask if you can have a look for our spare Library bags which we use to lend to students who may forget theirs. There is quite a large collection of our purple bags which again need to be returned to the Library so that other students can use them. Thank you.

Damaged Books: If a book is damaged or torn while at home, please do not attempt to repair it. While we appreciate your efforts, we have the correct materials at school and it is easier for us, and better for the book, if we repair it here. Using sticky tape to attach torn or loose pages is not ideal. Please just ask your child to let us know, and we can fix it. The students do not get into trouble if a book is accidentally damaged, we would rather know about it so we can do something about it! If a book is damaged beyond repair, then we do ask that it either be paid for or replaced by something similar. Please try to keep the books away from younger siblings – we have had a number of books lately which have had to be thrown out because they have been scribbled in and torn, or water-damaged. Thank you for your support in this matter.

Premiers' Reading Challenge: Keep up the good work, we have nearly 20 students who have already completed the challenge, and many more well under way who have logged in and registered their books read so far. Remember if you are having difficulties logging in to register the books just come in to the Library at Lunch 2. The website has the list of books as well as the login for each student:

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

You can also go to our Oliver home page at oliver.dow.catholic.edu.au/miev and click on the link to take you to the website. Remember Kinder – Year 2 must read 30 books, and Years 3 - 6 must read 20, with only 5 Personal Choice books allowed.

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."

                                                        Maya Angelou, Poet

Happy reading!

Mrs Sue Bryant, Teacher Librarian