Brisbane City Council Libraries Gold Star Reading Club

Children across the city will discover the joys of reading when the Gold Star Reading Club program commences in Council libraries on Saturday 28 June 2025, right in time for the school holidays.

The Gold Star Reading Club is designed to encourage and develop reading and literacy skills in children.

There are four great reasons for children to get involved in the 2025 Gold Star Reading Club.

1. Membership to the Gold Star Reading Club is FREE!
2. The Gold Star Reading Club can help children improve their reading and literacy skills.
3. Children will be rewarded for their reading efforts with a medallion and certificate of achievement.
4. It’s FUN! Children will have fun sharing their reading experiences with family and friends.

How the program works – it’s easy and free!

• The Gold Star Reading Club is a 2-month program for children aged 6-12 years.
• From 28 June, register for the Gold Star Reading Club online at brisbane.qld.gov.au/libraries or at your local library. Your child must be a library member to join Gold Star – signing up for library membership only takes a couple of minutes and is free. Each child’s parent or guardian must bring photo identification or proof of signature and proof of their address to any Council library, and you and your child can become library members in a matter of minutes. It’s that easy.
• From 28 June 2025, Gold Star members can visit their local library to collect a Gold Star Reading Club reading map.
• By reading for just 10 minutes each day and completing the 10 reading challenges (you’ll recieve a gold star for every challenge you complete!), you will earn a medallion and certificate of achievement to be awarded at your local Gold Star Reading Club awards ceremony.

For more information about the Gold Star Reading Club, visit your local library or call Council on (07) 3403 8888.

After-School Chess Program at WRSS

King and Queen Chess Club conducts lessons at 8 campuses throughout Brisbane. Our young chess students proudly demonstrate the skills they have learnt as they participate in national and international championships. 

At Warrigal Road State School we have been offering chess classes since Term 2 of 2022. Students from WRSS have embraced the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills in chess and enjoy opportunities to demonstrate their competitive nature by winning many medals in the interschool chess championships. In Term 3 of 2024 WRSS was the leading medal winning school in the Logan region tournament of the Brisbane Interschool Chess Tournament.  

All WRSS students from Prep to Grade 6 are eligible and welcome to join our program and enjoy the benefits of learning chess.

Benefits of playing chess

Chess improves critical thinking, cognitive skills, memory, concentration, socialization, creativity, and boosts confidence whilst teaching resilience and encouraging students to develop a positive can-do attitude. 

Enrolments for Term 3 are Now Open!

Click HERE (?link) to enroll or email Peter at kqchessclub@gmail.com for more information