2017 Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge

For those of you who might not be aware, the Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge (VPRC) is a big ticket item in our MSC House Tribes' competition. Students in Year 7-10 are advised of the VPRC every year and told how it is a way to log their reading, set reading goals and EARN BIG POINTS FOR THEIR HOUSE TRIBE. The BART points for the VPRC are the final set of points awarded before the House Tribe Rulers and claimants of the Flowers Cup are officially declared. Yes, gripping stuff indeed!

At MSC students can make the most of their reading efforts at school and home by making the effort to log their reading for the VPRC. For those of us prehistoric enough to not be classified as digital natives, the VPRC is the computerised version of reading log lists many of us will remember having had to keep when we were at school. Hopefully, as students and families become more used to the VPRC reading log system, more and more students will use it. Information from the reading logs will help teachers and families to support students in:

• talking to them about their reading
• encouraging them in their reading
• sourcing their individual reading interests
• choosing books they want to read and stocking our library accordingly 
• building their reading capacities
• finding enjoyment in reading
• becoming readers, not only for entertainment, but for learning and knowledge

A big well done goes out to the seven students who managed to officially finish the 2017 VPRC through logging and verifying their books as instructed. Also, two students logged an incredible 100 books. The readers that have earned points for their House Tribe this year are:

Year 10

Daniel Kniese

Kane Muratovski

Year 9

Jessica Eldred

Year 8

Margaret Phillips

Navdeep Aulakh

Year 7

Ellis Jeffers

Summer Smith

Many of our Premier Reading Challenge participants and winners over the years have stated Harry Potter has had been a favourite series to read. Here is an audio taste of Harry Potter being read aloud in honour of it being nominated as a favoured text among our VPRC students again this year.

The final points tally, revealing the influence these readers' efforts have made, will be announced at the Year 12 final whole school assembly. The readers' points hold a lot of sway and can be the difference needed to get one or another of the House Tribes in place to dress Flowers in their colours, hold hold her high and pronounce themselves to be the House Tribe Rulers of MSC for the coming year.