It’s been a fantastic week in the library with children returning to the library for their class library sessions and enjoying reading and borrowing. It was also lovely to see some new faces including our kindergarten classes who visited the library for the first time this week.

LIBRARY LOVERS’ DAY - 14th February 2025

Happy Library Lovers’ Day! Want to share the love of reading with your child? Gifting them a library book is more than just a present; it’s an invitation to embark on a lifelong journey of discovery and imagination. Here at St Peter’s we celebrate the joy of reading, understanding its profound impact on our students’ development.

This week, students celebrated National Library Lovers’ Day at our school library and were provided the opportunity to share all the things that they loved about their library. Primary students were also able to go on a “Blind Date” with a book where they could borrow from a selection of novels based solely on the opening lines of the story. It was wonderful to see the children so enthusiastic about their love for books and their library!

ASHTON SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Issue 1 brochures for 2025 have now been distributed to students. Any cash payment orders will need to be returned to school by 9.00am Wednesday 19th February. Please ensure cash payments include your child’s name, class and correct payment. Online L.O.O.P. orders will close at 9.00pm.

This issue, families who place orders online through L.O.O.P. have the opportunity to receive up to 3 free books depending on the cost of the order (i.e. spend $25 to receive 1 free book; spend $50 to receive 2 free books; spend $70 to receive 3 free books). In addition, families also have the opportunity to receive a $5 credit that can be used towards Issue 2 purchases of $19.50 or more. The terms and conditions of these offers are available via the following link:

Promotional Offers - Scholastic Book Club

NSW PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE

The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition, rather, a challenge for entrants to read, to read more books, and to read from a wider choice of titles. 

This year, the Challenge opens for students on Monday 24th February and concludes Friday 22nd August 2025.

The Challenge is open to all students from Kindergarten to Year 6 at St Peter’s and is a great way to keep students motivated with regular reading. Student’s completing the challenge receive a certificate in Term 4 recognising their achievement.

How Can Students Get Involved?

• Students who have previously participated at St Peter’s can use their existing login.
• Parents of new students wishing to participate or requiring further information will need to contact Mrs Amanda Ayres: amanda.ayres@lism.catholic.edu.au to arrange login details.

• If your child has previously participated at a different school and would like to participate whilst at St Peter’s this year, please also contact Mrs Ayres to advise this.

• New participants cannot be uploaded until the Challenge begins.

• Office staff and class teachers are unable to enrol students in the Challenge.

All relevant information relating to the challenge, including an area where parents/students are able to search the Premier’s Reading Challenge booklists, can be found on the website below:

NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 2025

Many of the titles on the book lists are available in our school library for borrowing and our local town library is also a great resource.

LIBRARY BORROWING TIMETABLE