| Sections: |
Lower: Prep - Year 2
Middle: Year 3 - Year 5
Upper: Year 6 - Year 8
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| Who can participate? |
Teachers can register several teams, taking into account the year level categories. Teams could comprise of a whole class, team groups, a Readers Club or an Extension Group. (Teacher-Librarians who deal with many classes could register a team for each class).
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| Registrations: |
Registrations are NOW OPEN! Logon details and instructions will be emailed by 16 August. Registrations close Wednesday 1 September 2010. |
| How does it work? |
- Heats:
- Over 2 weeks student teams complete their sections quizzes. There is one quiz for each book. There is no requirement to read all books and complete all quizzes or to take them in any particular order. However, all teams need to get a minimum number of questions correct, depending on which category they are entering, to qualify for the semi-finals.
Heats completed: 23 August - 3 September 2010.
Heats quizzes close 3pm Friday 3 September.
- Semifinals:
- Any team that has scored 75% or more in the heats will qualify for the semifinals. Qualifying teams may take the semifinal quiz any time during the semi-final week.
Semi-final week: 6-10 September 2010.
Semi finals quizzes close 3pm Friday 10 September.
- Finals:
- The two highest scoring semi-final teams in each section move to the finals.
Finals: 16 and 17 September 2010.
Finals details available on the Program guide
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| How might the Cup be different from normal Readers' Cups? |
The emphasis is on enjoyment of the books, not memory. Open-book collaborative responses to the quizzes are desirable. Our aim is to provide a multitude of 'teachable moments' as you work through this year’s shortlist with your students. Teachers with limited access to ICT facilities (eg. poor bandwidth or only one classroom computer) will be able to compete on equal terms. |
| The Prizes: |
Well... the main prize is the GLORY!
But also the winning team of each section will win a 40 minute online chat with a leading Australian children’s author.
And what about the prize that EVERY team gets? ... the fun of reading and discussing all these great books! |