Looking for a recommendation for a great book to read over the coming break? Ask our Year 8 Readers Cup team for some fantastic suggestions – they’re confident they can recommend a few! For this year’s Sunshine Coast Regional Readers Cup Competition these avid readers set out on their own reading marathon in preparation for this tough but exciting and challenging competition.
Our enthusiastic team; Aimee Cullen, Elizabeth Walters, Ellie Nyenhof, Abi Sidey and Danny Draper took on the challenge of each reading the five books set for the regional competition. A total of 1479 pages of interesting characters, intriguing plots and a myriad of details were perused with a degree of scrutiny in preparation for competing against 16 other teams of Year 8s from across the Sunshine Coast.
The excitement at the competition was intense! As students huddled around their team clipboard listening to each question, they whispered answers in their team cluster to ensure nothing was revealed to anyone else! It was wonderful to see our students compete with enthusiasm and to see the way they encouraged and supported each other to do their best. This year, the team placed in the top of the field just one point behind third place!
The competition was a wonderful way to celebrate the joy of reading and a time to connect with others who love to read and excitedly talk about it! Interviewing our students afterwards revealed just how much they enjoyed their team and the books.
What was the best part of being involved in the Readers Cup this year?
Being with friends who enjoy a good plot – Danny
Definitely the competition! – Elizabeth
The Excitement of going up against the other teams – Ellie
Being in the atmosphere of the night competition was the best! – Aimee
I loved the teamwork! – Abi
And… What was your favourite book?
Here are the top favourites, click on the link to find out more about them:
Lenny’s Book of Everything
Song for a Whale
Jinxed
Detention
I liked them all!!! It’s way too hard to pick a favourite – Elizabeth
Congratulations to the Year 8 team for their enthusiasm, excellent teamwork and their huge effort at the competition to set a best GCC Readers Cup team score. Readers Cup excitement and preparation continues with three more Regional Readers Cup Competitions to be held this year. The Year 5 and 6 Competition is on this week, followed by the Year 9 Competition in early Term 3. The Readers Cup 2021 Competition calendar concludes with a Year 7 Competition in early Term 4.
A large selection of Readers Cup books from previous competitions is currently on display in the library and available for loan. So if you are after a top book to add to your reading list for the break – come in and see us at the Library!
Beryl Morris, Secondary Teacher Librarian
GCC families can see more photos in the Pixevety albums below:
Year 8 Readers Cup and more Year 8 Readers Cup