Congratulations to the two classes to earn the first Gold Stars for borrowing: 3 Gold and 6 Green, well done!! Quite a few other classes have come close, with only two or three students forgetting. Remember our Library days:

Tuesday – Year 3, Kinder, 5 Gold

Wednesday – Year 4, Year 1, 5 Green

Thursday – Year 6, Year 2

Premiers' Reading Challenge: Congratulations to all the students who have registered for the challenge –  all students from Years 3 - 6 are automatically registered. If you remember your login from last year you can login and begin to register your books, your logins should not have changed. Year 2 is participating as a grade, the teachers will ensure they read the required books to the students, and all books will be registered at school. Any student from K - 1 who is to take part, I just need a letter from parents please. You can begin to read your books, and keep a list either at home or at school. Logins for new students will be sent home in the next few weeks. 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.

Parent Helpers: Thank you to the parents who have volunteered their time to help with covering. We will send home books for covering as soon as we have some available. Thank you.

Scholastic Book Club: The brochure is going home this week for Issue 2.  All orders will close on Monday 16 March, which gives you plenty of time to browse the catalogue to find the reading bargains! Remember all ordering is done ONLINE through LOOP – check the back of the brochure for details. The school receives reward points for all items sold, which enables us to buy more books for the Library, so we thank you for your support.

Daily Reading: Please remember how important it is to make time to read with your children for at least ten minutes a day. 

"To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend. To read it for a second time is to meet an old one." 

 Chinese saying

Mrs Susan Bryant

Teacher Librarian