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Year 6 students organised the special assembly … two of the students, Larna Buckle and Jolleen Walker, with Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 27, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has been kept busy recently handing out certificates to local school students who have successfully completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge.<\/p>\n

But when Mrs Frecklington attended St Mary’s Catholic College on Friday afternoon to hand out certificates for the Prep to Year 6 students, she found a very proud school librarian Melanie Burr and a special school assembly.<\/p>\n

Mrs Burr explained that all 270 children had attempted the challenge and succeeded – a 100 per cent success rate.<\/p>\n

There were so many certificates to present that Mrs Frecklington handed them out to each class teacher rather than to the individual students.<\/p>\n

Each teacher was also presented with a gift for use by the class.<\/p>\n

To successfully complete the challenge, students must read a set number of books (although the students get to choose which titles they want to read).<\/p>\n

The aim is to encourage the children to develop a love of reading for life.<\/p>\n

Prep to Year 2 students must read (or “experience”) 20 books; Years 3-4 must read 20 books and Years 5-6 15 books.<\/p>\n

The older students have a smaller number of books because the titles they will be selecting are much longer than the books designed for very young readers.<\/p>\n

Mrs Frecklington congratulated the students on their reading efforts.<\/p>\n

Certificates were also presented to students taking part in the school’s Accelerated Reading program.<\/p>\n

A special award was handed to Year 4 student Samuel Erwin who was set a challenge to read one million words, but surpassed his own expectations by reading two million.<\/p>\n

Mrs Burr said this was the fourth time that St Mary’s Catholic College had taken part in the Premier’s Reading Challenge, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n

The school also achieved a 100 per cent success rate last year, but with fewer students.<\/p>\n

“The year we had 270 kids and we had another 100 per cent success rate, ” she said.<\/p>\n

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Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington and St Mary’s librarian Melanie Burr, centre, with class teachers from Prep to Year 6 … as there were so many students, the Premier’s Reading Challenge certificates were handed to the class teachers along with a gift for each class<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Deputy Principal Sean Erwin, back, librarian Melanie Burr and Deb Frecklington presented a special Reading Achievement Award to Year 4 student Samuel Erwin who read two million words<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Music teacher Jane Iszlaub with Year 5, Year 5-6 and Year 6 students who sung at the special assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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All 270 children from Prep to Year 6 earned a certificate in the Premier’s Reading Challenge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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