Challenges » Reading Challenge http://challenge.edublogs.org YOU can make a difference! Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Progress http://challenge.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/progress/ http://challenge.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/progress/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:18:07 +0000 Linda J http://challenge.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/progress/ star.jpgAs school goes back, now is the time to get serious. To start the challenge, we have 12 registrations and $60 donated, but many more have accepted the challenge and hopefully, will come to register after the holiday break. Those books which have been read over the break (and in fact those read from the beginning of March) can be listed in your Challenge Reading Log.

Those who are looking for ideas about what to read, there is a list of “Notable” books for 2007 on the Children’s Book Council of Australia web site. These are books from Australian authors written in the last year, chosen to represent the best. The list includes well recognised and up-and-coming authors, and this year includes a special award for new illustrators, so it is a great source.

Remember, of course, that you are aiming to help improve the educational opportunities of those far from you in this Challenge – children of the Congo, whose lives could be changed for the price of many of the books you will be reading!!

Will you try to make a difference? Sign up! Post a review if you like…

]]> http://challenge.edublogs.org/2007/04/25/progress/feed/ 0 First Registrations – and more to come! http://challenge.edublogs.org/2007/03/20/first-registrations-and-more-to-come/ http://challenge.edublogs.org/2007/03/20/first-registrations-and-more-to-come/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:54:47 +0000 Linda J http://challenge.edublogs.org/2007/03/20/first-registrations-and-more-to-come/ Students from last year’s challenge have been eagerly taking home registration forms in preparation for this year’s challenge. Paige McCarry being the first to register! (and indirectly, the one to urge staff to consider setting up a reading challenge.) With holidays coming up soon, the welcome break from class assignments is the ideal time to take up the challenge.

reader.jpgThis year there are no reading lists, as we are interested in what students are keen to freely choose to read, and since we usually we have a fabulous flow of new books – both fiction and non-fiction from which to make selections. It will interesting at the end of the Challenge to see what books are popular choices!!

For those who are yet to take the steps to the Challenge, visit the Senior School Library for all the details. This activity can also be part of your Community and Service commitment with further investigation of the Congo Project at school.

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“READ TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!”

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This year, the focus is fundraising to contribute to the school’s Congo project -  donation of $5 is needed to take part in the challenge (though more is welcome). Why not involve all your family and friends?

To register, see Senior School Library staff for Reading Logsheets and more details. Links about what life is like for kids of the Congo (and nearby African countries) will also be added here at a later date to show where your donations can help.

How do you think you might make a difference?

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