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Get Reading 2012 – Winners at Wyong!

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The winners have been announced for the recent Wyong Library book review competition. The competition was held to celebrate Get Reading 2012 and the National Year of Reading.

Over 60 entries were received, including staff and students from a variety of sections. The competition was especially popular with the ESOL section. Several classes wrote book reviews as a class activity and entered them.

Wyong Get Reading Competition 2012

 

Reviews and books have been displayed during the month of September to coincide with the “Get Reading” campaign.Student winners were:

Eva Marti                           $50 Dymocks voucher

Sonya Shao                        $30 Dymocks voucher

Daniel Fitzgerald                 $20 voucher

Joy Rajananant                   Dictionary

The staff winner was:

Renee Skinner                   $30 Online voucher – The Nile Bookshop

Prizes were awarded at a morning tea held in the library on Wednesday 19th September.

Congratulations to all the winners!

National Literacy Week Winner – Hamilton Library

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To celebrate National Literacy Week and the National Year of Reading 2012, students at Hamilton campus Library received a free raffle ticket whenever they borrowed a book in August.

First prize was dinner for four in the Clydesdale Restaurant, won by Jessica Latham. Second prize was dinner for two in the Clydesdale Restaurant, won by Sharyn Flack. Congratulations! We hope you enjoy your prizes.

Jessica Latham was the lucky first prize winner.

Reading Rewards Chefs at Kurri Kurri

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Hospitality students reviewed a book of their choice in a recent competition organised by HVHA teacher, Francis Hernon, and judged by Kurri Kurri Library staff. The first prize was awarded to Alisha Foote for her excellent review of Cheese : a collection of sweet & savoury recipes for every course. Congratulations Alisha!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The overall standard was so high that Library staff decided to award extra prizes. Well done everyone! We really enjoyed reading all of your reviews and hope you enjoy your prizes.