Premier’s Reading Challenge 2025 – WE HAVE OUR FIRST PRC CHAMPS!

With the Challenge only being open for a few weeks, we already have our first three champions! Congratulations to:

Lee Kelleway – Year 6

Zeike Allen – Year 6

Zoe Cain – Year 5

Just a reminder of the requirements…

K-2: 30 books – teachers read Challenge books to students and reading records are entered by me.

Year 3-6: 20 books – students complete and enter their own reading records. Each student records their own Reading Log where they enter ALL books they read – this includes: Library books (both school and public Library), books from home, and books their teachers read to them. At the end of Term 2, there is a dedicated Library lesson on entering their Reading Logs – parents are not required to do this as it will be done at school.

The Challenge ends Friday, 22 August 2025.

***Stay tuned to see who completes the Challenge next!***

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB ISSUE 2 NOW OPEN

At Holy Cross, we promote the Scholastic Book Club - Book Club is a great way for parents to provide their children with popular literature in a variety of genres which aids in encouraging children to read. And they also make great gifts!

Book Club Issue 2 catalogues have been sent home. These orders are due by 28 March 2025.

How to order:

* jump online to order: https://bookclubs.scholastic.com.au/

* if your order is a gift, you can nominate it online as ‘gift’.

* once the orders arrive, all parents are given a courtesy call.

PLEASE NOTE: all orders are done online, the school does not collect cash or cheques.

An Interview With…Zoe (Year 5)

 Note from Mrs Murray: Zoe has been a Library Warrior since it started in 2022 and has never missed a Friday. She collects books in the morning before school and gives up her Lunch 2 to put books away. Zoe knows every section and is invaluable in teaching our new warriors how to know where to put the books. She is definitely one of my ‘Library Legends’.

 What section are you responsible for?

All sections, especially Senior Fiction.

(Zoe co-shares this section with Dom)

 What is your favourite book?

 The Wings Of Fire series.

 What do you love about being a Library Warrior?

EVERYTHING!

 What is your favourite Library task?

Putting the books away.

Happy reading everyone!

Sue Murray

Library Coordinator