Embark on an epic reading journey and be in the running to win weekly prizes in the 2024 Premier’s Reading Challenge. The Premier’s Reading Challenge is a literacy engagement program established in 2022 to:
- encourage students to read more books
- enjoy reading
- improve literacy levels.
The mission is for students in kindergarten to Year 10 to read 12 books over 4 months from 6 May to 6 September. That’s right—just 12, students can read:
- books
- short stories
- graphic novels
- eBooks
- talking books
- audiobooks
- Poems
- anything that sparks their interest and gets them reading.
Benefits of the challenge
The challenge will:
- raise the profile of reading and literacy in schools
- give students a focus for their reading
- encourage students to enjoy reading and read more books
- encourage students to participate by being challenged
- offer incentives and prizes for readers
- build self-esteem, pride, school unity and a sense of achievement among students
- increase the involvement of parents in their child’s reading
- increase the number of library books borrowed
- contribute to increased literacy levels.
Prizes for participation
- Students will go in the draw to win amazing weekly prizes. With more than 110 prizes drawn at random from those who log at least one book per week during the challenge. Find out more about the Premier’s Reading Challenge prizes.
- Schools that have the most students registered relative to their size before 31 May will go into a draw to win an assembly presentation of the Dewey Experience at your school!
How to register
Create an account by selecting the ‘Sign up’ option. You won’t be able to log any books until the 2024 challenge starts on 6 May.
