Ceiridwen Redman: Ryde East PS

We do a "readers club" where parents sign off (just a date and signature, no other details) on reading for a set amount of time based on stage (I think it starts at 5 for kindy and goes up to 20 for stage 3). It can be any book they want, as long as they're reading, so some of them do the home readers, and others will read something from home or a library (which I love - I used to happily read for an hour every night if left to my own devices, but it was almost never the book in my reading folder, because they were boring). Every 25 books, they return their card to the teacher and a get a reward - 25 and 75 are bookmarks (just printed on coloured cardboard, nothing flashy); 50 is a certificate and pencil; and 100 is a certificate and a book, which is presented at assembly. We buy the books in those cheap packs from Scholastic (20 for $30 kind of thing) using our rewards from Book Club. It still doesn't get 100% participation, but when I was on class, I'd say about half the class would manage at least 100 nights of reading during the year, and about a quarter would hit 200 or more, which is definitely more consistent than other schools I've been at.