Scholastic Book Fair and Grandparents and Older Friends Morning Tea
The Scholastic Book Fair and Grandparents and Older Friends Morning Tea was held last Friday in the Lacey Library. It was a wonderful day for our school community with many families taking the opportunity to buy books, enjoy a fantastic morning tea, and spend some nice time together.

There were many helpers who enabled the Book Fair to be so successful. Thank you to Tanya McPherson, Claire Pholi, Liz DaDeppo, Belinda Reynolds and Melissa Carroll for coordinating the sale of books. The morning tea parent helpers were also very busy and a big thank you goes to Cassie Streatfeild and Alejandra Tapia for setting up and restocking the morning tea tables. Thank you also to Simon Streatfeild for making the hot drinks.

Thank you to all the families who donated food for the morning tea. There was an amazing selection of food and your generosity is greatly appreciated.

Thank you Emma McEvoy for your assistance in, preparing for the morning tea, and refreshments for our parent helpers.

The Year 5 Library Monitors were excellent helpers before, during and after the fair. Many visitors to our school were impressed by their confidence, maturity and friendliness. Thank you Library Monitors for your help.

A special thank you to Lynne Patmore, for her guidance and support before, during and after the Book Fair.

Thank you to the staff of Mt Carmel, for your support before the fair, and for allowing interruptions in your school day.

A very big thank you to everyone who bought books at the Book Fair. We had excellent sales, which will allow for many wonderful books to be purchased for the Lacey Library collection.

It was lovely to be part of the 2024 Book Fair and I hope you all had an enjoyable time.

Book Donation 
Thank you to Atticus Gilchrist and his family for the book donation made to the school library.

Morning Tea containers and plates
All of the containers with names have been returned to families, however, we have a small number of plates and containers in the front office to collect after the Grandparents Morning Tea. Please call into the office to collect your items.

NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 2024
The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge has commenced for 2024. All students K-6 are invited to complete the 2024 Challenge. 

The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students. While completing the challenge students are able to experience quality literature from a variety of authors and literature styles.

Students can include books read from the end of the 2023 challenge, August 18 2023 on their 2024 reading record. The 2024 challenge will conclude on Friday 23 August 2024.

Some of the PCR rules have been updated for the 2024 challenge. Please refer to the rules page on the website for further details.

The booklist has been updated for the 2024 challenge. Click on the booklist on the website for further information. Many of the PRC books are available in our school library.

If your child has completed the challenge in previous years they can log on to the Premier’s Reading Challenge website using their existing login details.

www.premiersreadingchallenge.nsw.edu.au

If your child is completing the challenge for the first time, please email me at natalie.broers@cg.catholic.edu.au and I will provide you with login details.

Kind regards,
Natalie BroersTeacher Librarian