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DYMOCKS CHILDREN’S
CHARITIES – BOOK BANK PROJECT
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Background:
Many approaches to improving
reading outcomes focus on teaching, through professional learning or providing additional
support for ‘at risk’ students, through targeted intervention programs.
The Book Bank Project focuses
on student engagement and changing reading behaviour to improve reading outcomes.
We believe that if we want to change student reading behaviour and increase their
reading for pleasure we must empower students to make reading fun!
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Premier’s Reading
Challenge:
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Dymocks Children’s Charities
(formerly known as Dymocks Literacy Foundation) is proud to be the Principal Partner
for the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge which provides all school children across
the state the opportunity to engage in this challenge and broaden their depth and
breadth of reading materials.
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Last year over 180,000 students
from 2,000 schools successfully completed the challenge. This involved reading over
4 million books!
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However to quote The Hon.
Bob Carr, former Premier NSW and founder of the PRC
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Accordingly, the Dymocks
Children’s Charities sought to identify a cost effective strategy that would encourage
reading for pleasure, contribute to improved student reading outcomes and complement
the Premier’s Reading Challenge. The program is to be known as the Dymocks Children’s
Charities Book Bank Project.
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Implementation:
The Dymocks Children’s Charities
is currently working with the NSW Department of Education & Training on the two
year pilot study. During 2010 and 2011 we will engage over 1,000 primary students
from 5 Priority Schools from 4 key demographics namely: Inner west; Western (outer)
suburbs; Regional and Remote.
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The Book Bank
Project’s Principles:
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Make reading fun |
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Non competitive |
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Value books |
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OK not to like a book |
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Doesn’t matter how fast
you read or what you read - so long as you read |
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D.E.A.R. (drop everything
and read) time every day! |
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We also believe it is essential
that the Dymocks Children’s Charities Book Bank Project capitalise on the success
of the PRC and that this intervention is undertaken in the context of the Premier’s
Reading Challenge.
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How the program
works:
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Every student will be given a book of their own each term. These books will “belong”
to the students and will create their own “Book Bank” or library at home.
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However, during the course of the term, once the students have read their own book
they will be encouraged to deposit their book into the class Book Bank and ‘share‘
their book with their fellow classmates. They may actually want a particular friend
to read their book or ‘swap’ books with them. Each book will have a sticker inside
which will identify both the recipient and ‘owner‘ of the book as well as all the
students who have read the book. The sticker will also have space for a comment
from each student. Each Classroom will have a designated Book Bank shelf and students
& teachers will monitor and record the sharing of books on a DCC Book Bank Poster
in each classroom.
At the end of each term the books will be returned and handed back to their original
owners who will proudly take them home in their Dymocks Children’s Charities Book
Bank Bag as part of their own ‘Book Bank’ (home library).
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Anticipated
impact of Book Bank :
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develop more positive attitudes
towards books and reading |
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increase reading for pleasure |
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improve their reading skills |
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become lifelong learners
and the
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BOOKLOVERS of the future |
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D.E.A.R. (drop everything
and read) time every day! |
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Print & fax the form to (02) 9224 0469.
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Dymocks Children's Charities
GPO Box 1521
SYDNEY NSW 2001 |
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