Who said dressing up for Book Week is a thing of the past? Last week teachers and staff from the Senior campus dressed up as fictional characters to celebrate Book Week 2015. With Mr Driver wielding a wand and Harry Potter glasses, Mr Priester disguised as a wolf pretending to be Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother, and Mr Walls as the Mad Hatter, there was much laughter and fun to be had as Newington teachers wandered about the classrooms donning their new personas and acknowledging the power of reading for growth and development.

This year’s them, ‘Books light up our world’, put a focus on the many positives that come from reading: creativity, resilience, engagement and critical thinking.  Throughout the week, the Library hosted several events to mark this special occasion including a book and literature related TED talk and a presentation by author/illustrator Jarrett J Krosoczka, known for his work on ‘Why lunch ladies are heroes’.

During the week, students and staff were invited to help us select brand new books to add to our Library collection, and a wide range of recently published fiction and non-fiction titles were put on display. The boys were asked to ‘vote’ for the books they found to be most interesting and engaging using sticky-notes and those books will be available for borrowing in Term 4.

It was an engaging and innovative week and we look forward to next years event!

Library Team