The Power of Reading - Holiday Reading Challenge (K-6)

It goes without saying that reading to your child on a regular basis can help you forge a stronger relationship with them. When it comes to children, one of the most important things you can do to positively influence their development is spend time with them. Reading to your children provides a great opportunity to set up a regular, shared event where you can look forward to spending time together. Reading a favourite book to your children not only helps you bond with them, but also gives your children a sense of intimacy and well-being. This feeling of intimacy helps your child feel close to you, and the feelings of love and attention encourage positive growth and development.

Reading aloud together and having a shared activity gives you and your child something to talk about, which in turn supports the development of reading and writing skills. And down the road, reading together can be used to discuss real-life experiences and issues. A children’s book can provide springboards to meaningful discussions about many different topics which can further develop a child’s critical thinking skills.

For these reasons, I'm promoting students to participate in a Holiday Reading Challenge. Kinder to Year 2 will be provided with a copy of the Reading Challenge and for students in Year 3 to 6, the challenge will be posted to their Google Classroom under the classwork tab Library with Mrs Martin. Students are to return their recording sheet before Friday, Week 1, Term 3. Happy Reading!

Premier's Reading Challenge Reminder for Year 3-6

Students in Year 3-6 are responsible for recording their own books to their PRC Student Reading Log via the PRC website. Students have been shown how to login to the PRC website, they have been provided with their username and password and have been shown how to add books to their Personal Reading Log. Each primary student can view the 'Premier Reading Challenge' document via their Google Classroom - Classwork - Library with Mrs Martin which outlines the steps to add books to their Personal Reading Log. The Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2022 closes on Friday, 19 August 2022.

Life to the Full Inclusive Texts

Life to the Full is a document informing you of the shared and consistent approach for CEDoW Schools in reference to inclusive resource and text collections. Next term, we will be adding inclusive texts to our library collection. These texts are stories of hope, integrity, justice and compassion. These texts have been approved by Bishop Brian Mascord. It is important to understand that any text selected for the library collection undergoes a process (below) before a final decision is made. However, if your child borrows a text that you wish to seek clarification about the selection process, please don't hesitate to send an email to info@spcdow.catholic.edu.au 

Guiding Principles for resource selection 
Collections that reflect the universal acceptance of all - Made in the image of God 

School library collections should be balanced with print and digital resources that are diverse and informed by learning and teaching requirements. Leaders and educators should use the following guiding principles when deciding on individual texts and/or resources to be included in their collections: