The FIRST Bookclub-an online club for students.

Recently Sue Warren, Lyndy Cracknell and Barbara Braxton announced the formation of an online book club for students in Years 5/6 

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 There has been a lot of interest in this already but there are a couple of points that  Braxton  feels need clarification:
 1. The tasks and questions will be closely aligned to the outcomes of the English strand of the ANC for Years 5 and 6, which, I understand, are still Year 6 and 7 in Queensland. (Braxton  doesn’t know when education authorities are going to adopt the nomenclature of ACARA.) It is not limited to those students but because students will be recommending books within the context of the answers, these books need to be age appropriate.

2. The first task will be posted on March 1st under the Discussions tab.

3. There is no charge to join the Book Club and none of us are getting any payment or other reward for doing this. We just thought it might be a great way to connect kids, particularly those in isolated circumstances where there might not be a lot of other students of their age to discuss things with. “Isolated” may be their location, their situation or circumstance. So a student may be in a hospital school or the back of Bourke or in a large city school – we researched and chose a platform that was the most accessible that we could find.
 4. Our primary purpose is to get kids enjoying reading and offering them a way to share their enjoyment with others.

For further information download the information sheet.