FAQs

The Challenge is to read for 10 or 15 hours between 1 December 2011 and 6 February 2012.

Children from Kindergarten to Year 3 are encouraged to read or be read to for up to 10 hours during the Challenge period. That’s less than 10 minutes a day.

Children from Year 4 to Year 7 are encouraged to read or be read to for up to 15 hours during the Challenge period. That’s less than 15 minutes a day.

Children in Kindergarten to Year 7 (inclusive) in a Western Australian school at any time during 2011, or a home-schooled student are eligible to participate in the Premier's Summer Reading Challenge (in support of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of WA) 2011/2012.

The Reading Challenge was introduced to encourage children in Kindergarten to Year 7 to develop an enjoyment of reading. Reading and being read to have been proven to assist children to develop language literacy and social skills, as well as stimulate their imagination.

You can register your child online and create a reading profile for them. Their profile is then used to keep track of their reading hours and sent in electronically when they have completed the Challenge.

Alternatively you can pick up a printed reading log from your local library or download one from this website.

Set a time to read together or choose an activity listed on this website to do together. This sets a good example to children that you are a keen reader.

Visit the Schools and You website for more tips.

Children should read what interests them. This could be a variety of books, magazines, comics and newspapers. They all count towards completing the Challenge. There are suggested reading lists on the website, for those who need ideas.

If your child is unable to read, listening to audio books or having someone read to them also counts towards completing the Challenge. Audio books are available from your local public library.

It’s easy, simply read for 15 hours between 1 December 2011 and 6 February 2012 and make sure you tick the ‘Parent Challenge’ box on your child's online registration or their printed reading log before it’s sent in. You will then go in the draw to win a Kobo e-reader.

You can read anything that interests you. There is a reading list of books for adults in the what to read section. You can borrow any of these books from your local library.

If your child has registered online and completed an electronic reading log please follow the steps to send in their entry electronically.

If your child has recorded their reading on a printed reading log, complete the entry form and either drop it in at your local public library or post it to:

Bosko
Premier’s Summer Reading Challenge
Corporate Communications and Marketing
Department of Education
151 Royal Street
East Perth WA 6004

All completed entries must be received by Monday 13 February 2012.

Public libraries will be accepting entries up until 13 February 2012. Libraries will forward entries the following day to the Department of Education.

Every child who successfully completes the Challenge receives a certificate signed by the Premier. Certificates will be sent out in late February 2012.

If your child’s name is spelt incorrectly on the Premier’s Summer Reading Challenge certificate, please email us at reading.challenge@det.wa.edu.au or telephone 9270 3051. We’ll get a new one printed and sent to you.

At the end of the Challenge each completed eligible reading log will be placed in the draw to win a prize. There are heaps of great prizes on offer this year including a holiday for a family to ‘Explore Western Australia’ valued at up to $6 000 from QBE Insurance, 20 Kobo e-readers, 10 iPod Nanos and books from Fremantle Press. For further information please see the Terms and Conditions of Entry.

The main prizes will be drawn on 20 February 2012.

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If you have forgotten your password you can reset your password on the login page.  Simply click on the text ‘I have forgotten my password’ and follow the prompts.

Yes, any donation of $2 or more is tax-deductible. If you make a donation online, you will be issued with a receipt by email that can be printed off for tax purposes.

Please send us an email at reading.challenge@det.wa.edu.au confirming your name, payment details and email address and we can re-issue you one.

Yes, email us at reading.challenge@det.wa.edu.au and we can post one to you.  As the receipt book is a legal document this will need to be returned at the end of the challenge along with any cash payments you have received.

Yes. Send us an email at reading.challenge@det.wa.edu.au letting us know how much you would like to fundraise and we will update your page.