Library
Premier's Reading Challenge
The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is an optional challenge for each student to read more and to read widely. It encourages a love of reading for leisure in students and helps them explore quality literature.
Students read the required books and record it online before Friday 18 September. In Term 4, those who complete the challenge receive a Certificate. K-2 students can include PRC list books class teachers read in class.
How do I participate and digitally log the books we’ve read?
Note: If it’s your first time or you need a refresher, please watch this Premier's Reading Challenge video.
Watch the whole video or fast forward to the part you need.
Part 1 - What is the PRC? (0:57)
Part 2 - The rules of the PRC (3:51)
Part 3 - How to log books on the student experience website (8:25)
- *K-2 student logins are being sent out by K-2 class teachers.
- Yr 3-6 student logins are known by most students.
If unsure, please email Ms Wei. - If you have any queries, please contact Ms Wei (librarychps@gmail.com).
Library Borrowing
- Students need a library bag to borrow. You can buy a library bag for $2.00 from the library or school office, OR bring your own cloth bag. No bag, no borrowing.
- Students borrow 2 books each week during K-2 class borrowing or Year 3-6 lesson
(Student can borrow 3 books in the lead up to school holidays. No borrowing in lead up to December holidays)
- Overdue slips are printed every few weeks to encourage circulation of books and ensure students aren't waiting too long for popular books.
- In Term 4, borrowing usually ends around Week 7 to allow time for Library stocktake.
Overdue, lost or damaged books
If a library book has been misplaced or lost, please check home and classroom trays. Then notify library staff to double check library shelves (sometimes it's mis-shelved by students). If the books are lost or heavily damaged, you can purchase a replacement copy or pay for the book via School Bytes. Please contact library if you have any queries about this.
Book Donations to the library
We welcome book donations to enrich our school library collection.
Please email the school castlehill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au with photos of any books you'd like to donate before you bring them onsite.
We usually accept books that are still in good condition, with undamaged pages, is highly appealing to readers or relevant for curriculum learning. This is to ensure we optimise the limited shelf space
We usually don't accept books with damaged pages, board books, older versions of books, if we already multiple copies of the book, or any magazines.
Library staff