Happy Library and Information Week everybody! This week we’re celebrating libraries and all that they do in the areas of reading, literacy, research and information skills, among many other things.

As part of the festivities, we hosted a National Simultaneous Storytime event on Wednesday 22 May, where we invited our three Kindergarten classes to come to the Stanmore campus to visit the new library and to read with our Year 12 boys. The whole idea behind the National Simultaneous Storytime is for all registered schools and libraries to read the same book at the same time, to promote reading and literacy to young people. Our Year 12 boys were wonderful role models for the younger boys, and they were buddied up together once the simultaneous story had been told, to read more books!

Incidentally, it’s also National Cyber Security Awareness Week. ALIA (Australian Library & Information Association) has teamed up with the Alannah and Madeline Foundation to launch Project 13, an initiative to keep young people safe online. The Project provides cybersafety tips for teacher-librarians, students and parents. To download some handy tip sheets head over to the Project 13 website

Happy reading, researching and information gathering while staying safe online!

Ms Choi
Head of Library Services