Why? Because we were attempting the Challenge without a library!
Just like a tightrope walker, performing without a net.
The Challenge finished last Friday and we had 257 students complete it. I just looked back on our school's performance in the past and found out that we have beaten our previous best by 7 students, even though we didn't have our own library this year!
How did we do it? Well, firstly we had so many generous people donate quality books to us after the fire, that we were able to accession these and get them out to classrooms really quickly. We had a huge band of parents covering books and Miss Mimi and Miss Nola helping me process books in the library workroom.
We also had great support from Marrickville Library - we had bulk loans of books and also borrowed PRC books on our visits there. Parents went to their local libraries and signed their children up to be members, so they could borrow PRC books.
Finally, and very importantly, our Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2 teachers made sure they read 30 PRC books to their classes, and the Year 3 - Year 6 teachers encouraged and assisted their students to enter the books they had read themselves online.
I am one happy Teacher Librarian today. Thank you to everyone who helped us to win our Biggest Challenge Ever!
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