NYOR School Ambassadors - Harrington Park Primary School

National Year of Reading (NYOR) School Ambassadors

Students featured in this blog post are students that have been selected as NYOR ambassadors from Harrington Park Primary School. As ambassadors these students have written about what their favourite book is and why they like reading.

Erin Creber - Year 1

                                   

 My favourite book is: “Daisy and the Trouble with Kittens” by Kes Gray.

I like it because it is about kittens. She says the trouble with …  and then goes on to tell a story. Daisy makes lots of new friends when she goes on holiday to Spain. She finds the kitten there. It makes me laugh and it has funny pictures in it.

Why I like reading?

I like to learn from reading information books. Some books can make me feel happy when I am sad. I enjoy reading to other people, my teddy, Grandma, Mum and Dad.

Breanna Craig - Year 4

My first real favourite book is:  “Treasure Island” by R.L.Stevenson

I like it because it was adventurous, descriptive and interesting. You never knew what was going to happen next. It has lots of events that go quickly and keep you interested.

Why I like reading?

It improves my vocabulary and my mind. I like how it puts you in another place. I like each book I read because it is really different.

Mitchell Oyston - Year 6

My favourite book is: "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini

 

I’ve read it over and over and I never get bored. It’s full of mystical dragons and a love story is in there too. There are lots of different mysteries that find the answers to which present more mysteries to solve. I really like that.

The Eragon series is about a poor, young, farm boy in the mountains who finds an egg and the story links him with Brom, the storyteller of their village.

Why I like reading?

I like reading because I can picture whatever story I’m reading in my head like I’m watching TV. I like reading also because it is really easy to find information in factual books and I can read almost every word fluently. Reading helps me pass the time and allows me to block out outside distractions. The more I read the easier it gets! Reading also allows me to write stories with more description and detail.

NYOR School Ambassadors

This year is National Year of Reading (NYOR). The NYOR 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration. It's about supporting reading initiatives while respecting the oral tradition of storytelling. It's about helping people discover and rediscover the magic of books. And most of all, it's about Australians becoming a nation of readers.

As part of NYOR we have chosen students from local schools to be ambassadors. Those who have been nominated will feature in our blog and other library material. In their role as amabassador students have been asked to write about what their favourite book is and why they love to read.

The first school to feature in our blog will be Harrington Park Primary School.

July School Holiday Activities

The new program for the July school holiday activities has been released. These holidays we have lots of exciting activities for all ages 5 to 18 years. For full details of activities view the attached brochure.

Bookings will start Monday 25th June. All bookings and/payments are completed online via the library website . Look for the heading 'Holiday and Bookings - Information & Bookings'.