It was with great success that Newington Library held their second annual National Simultaneous Storytime event in the Library at Stanmore!

12EngA and 12EngC took time out to read Too Many Elephants in this House, written by Ursula Dubosarsky and illustrated by Andrew Joyner, to our Kindergarten classes from Lindfield and Wyvern.

Callum Hine (12/FL), James Webb (12/LE) and Charlie Webster (12/ME) joined the ranks of hundreds of others taking part in this event around Australia on Wednesday 21 May at 11:00 AM, precisely.

After the story was read, the Year 12 boys buddied up with the Kinder boys to read some more. Special thanks to our three narrators and to Joss Foley (12/JN) and Henry Longmire (12/PR) for jumping behind the lens to take video footage and photos.

The Senior boys took a lot out of the experience and enjoyed being a role model to the younger boys, particularly with regards to reading:

“Personally, I think that being an inspiration or a role model to the younger generation, especially those of kindergarten age, is fantastic because they look up to you in such a way. I get a lot from it.” – Callum Hine

“Reading is obviously really important, but it stimulates their creativity as well.” – Edoardo Wayland (12/MA)

A very big thank you to all of the Year 12 boys who participated in the event, the staff and parents from Lindfield and Wyvern, the Communications team for the fantastic photos, Mrs Barnes and Mrs Gough and the wonderful Library staff for making it such a successful event!

Check out more photos of the Newington boys on the Library’s Instagram, Twitter and SPACES page, or Newington’s Facebook page!

Ms Crystal Choi
Head of Library Services