PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE 

Each year our school participates in the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC). 

This is a voluntary extra-curricular activity that needs to be supported by parents/carers. Once your child has been registered, this is an activity which requires you (the parent/carer) to record and update your child's record. We help and support this activity; however you must be involved to monitor, encourage, and record online. If you are not prepared to do this, please do not register your child. 

The PRC site will be open from today, 24 February 2025 for this year's challenge. 

Reading from 01 September 2024 to 22 August 2025 is eligible to be counted. 

The closing date for entering books on the website is 22 August 2025.

If you are interested in the challenge for your child, please download and read the attached the Parent Letter and return the registration form to the Library. If you are unable to print this form, I will have hard copies available at both libraries. 

Due to a change in online security requirements, the PRC team have re-issued passwords for ALL previous participants. Therefore, even if you did save the log-in details from previous years, it is very important for you to re-register your child/ren so that I can issue the new password details to you. Without your permission and current contact details, I will not be able to forward the new passwords. 

If you would like more information about the PRC, please follow the link to the PRC website: https://online.education.nsw.gov.au/prc/home.html

Or alternately, you can contact me at: natalina.ireland@cg.catholic.edu.au

MAC St LIBRARY - LUNCHTIMES 

The Library at Macquoid St is open each lunchtime for quiet activities such as reading & drawing (we currently also have some avid knitters/crocheters).  The library is staffed by a teacher each break and  they are ably assisted by our Year 6 Library Monitors. It has been fabulous to have so many year sixes volunteering to be rostered on in this leadership role! Thank you for your help Year Six.

LIBRARY TIMETABLE FOR TERM 1 

Macquoid St: 

Mon: 6G, 6R, 2R, 2B

Tues: 5G, 3G, 3B, 3W, 3R

Wed: 5R, 4R, 4W, 2G

Thu: 4B, 6B, 5B, 2W, 4G

Lowe St: 

Mon: 1S, KG, 1B

Tues: KS, KR, 1G

Wed: KB, KW, 1R, 1W 

Reminder: All students in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 MUST have a library bag if they would like to borrow books. 

OVERDUE BOOKS FROM 2024

Please remember to return any overdue books from last year. If your child has lost the book or it has been damaged, please email the details to: natalina.ireland@cg.catholic.edu.au 

Books are borrowed for a period of 2 weeks. If your child/ren have not finished their book within that 2-week timeframe, please help them to remember to bring the book to the library and ask for it to be renewed. If your child does not return their books, this will impact how many books then can borrow each week during their class library time. 

Lowe St students can borrow UP TO 3 books. 

Macquoid St students can borrow UP TO 5 books - this includes any books that they want to read at their desk during class-time.