NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge is now open and St Therese’s is excited to be participating!
The Department of Education provide a guide for parents. Click here: Tips_for_parents_and_carers
What is the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge?
The PRC is a statewide Challenge that encourages students to develop a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students and enables them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition, but a challenge to encourage each student to read, to read more, and to read more widely.
All students who complete the challenge and have their reading record validated by the school’s PRC coordinator will receive a certificate signed by the Premier of NSW.
How many books do students need to read?
Students in Kindergarten to Year 2 are challenged to read or experience 30 books. 20 of these books must be from the relevant Challenge booklists, and up to 10 books can be personal choice books. Books can be read with a parent, carer, teacher or another student. All infants participate in the challenge via their library lesson and English time in class but may still wish to complete the challenge at home and register their own books online.
Students in Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 20 books independently. At least 10 of these books must be from the relevant Challenge booklists, and up to 10 books can be personal choice books.
If a book is from an approved PRC series, students can enter up to 5 books as Challenge books, and can read up to 10 other books from the same series as Personal Choice books. More information on the rules of the Challenge can be found on the PRC website.
Books must be added to a student’s online reading record by Friday 19 September 2025 in order for their reading record to be validated and receive a certificate.
How do students log their reading?
Students can log their reading using either of the options below:
- visit the PRC website (LINK) and log in with their Department of Education username and password which they can obtain from the Library staff.
- record their books on a Personal Reading Log worksheet which is available from the library staff, and submit it to the PRC Coordinator by 19 September 2025, who will complete the reading log on the students’ behalf.
How can students find books on the NSW PRC challenge lists?
Books that are on the PRC are clearly labelled in our Library. Please come to the library and we can help you locate the relevant books.
Your PRC coordinator is Lynette Barker (Teacher Librarian).
You may direct any enquiry to Lynette via the school admin email.
Happy Reading