Congratulations to all those students who have returned their loans from last Term, well done, an awesome effort!!! There are still 287 books which need to be returned, so please have a look around at home and see if you can find them. Borrowing will start again next Term for all those who have returned their books. Students with outstanding loans are encouraged to bring them back as soon as possible.

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 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.

Scholastic Book Club: The brochures went home last week, ordering is available online as indicated on the brochures. No orders or money are able to be accepted at school. Orders close for this issue, Issue Four, on Friday 12 June. Thank you for your support of this program, it is a great way to buy books for your children.

Premiers' Reading Challenge: Remember to keep reading for the PRC, we have plenty of time to read the required number of books and register them online. If you are familiar with login details you can login at home and register all completed books. If not, we will be able to login next Term and complete the lists. The website has the list of books as well as the login button for each student:  https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/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 5 Personal Choice books allowed.

 "Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building

the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read."

Marilyn Jager Adams, Child Development Expert

Mrs Sue Bryant

Teacher-Librarian