Embark on an epic reading journey and be in the running to win weekly prizes in the 2024 Premier's Reading Challenge.
About the challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge is a literacy engagement program established in 2022 to:
- encourage students to read more books
- enjoy reading
- improve literacy levels.
The mission is for students in kindergarten to Year 10 to read 12 books over 4 months from 6 May to 6 September. That’s right—just 12, students can read:
- books
- short stories
- graphic novels
- eBooks
- talking books
- audiobooks
- poems
- anything that sparks their interest and gets them reading.
Whether they’re a curious kindergartener or a high-schooler, there is something of interest for readers at any and every level.
Adventures await. Books take us to places we only dream about and even further. Where else can we experience a mutiny on a pirate ship or jump on to a time-traveling bicycles.
Students will expand their vocabulary, learn new facts, and impress their friends with fancy new words that they have learned.
At the end of the challenge, students who complete it will receive a special certificate signed by the Premier. They can hang it proudly on their bedroom wall; it’s like winning a gold medal in reading!
Get your students ready to explore, grab their reading lights and bookmarks and set sail on their next reading adventure.
The next great story is only one page turn away.
Benefits of the challenge
The challenge will:
- raise the profile of reading and literacy in schools
- give students a focus for their reading
- encourage students to enjoy reading and read more books
- encourage students to participate by being challenged
- offer incentives and prizes for readers
- build self-esteem, pride, school unity and a sense of achievement among students
- increase the involvement of parents in their child’s reading
- increase the number of library books borrowed
- contribute to increased literacy levels.
How to register
Create an account by selecting the ‘Sign up’ option. You won't be able to log any books until the 2024 challenge starts on 6 May.
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