It’s a Wrap

The lights have dimmed, the applause has gone quiet, the book Parade costumes have been packed away until another Festival, the authors have returned home to write their next bestseller, as our 7th Newington College Literature Festival comes to a brilliant end.  Wyvern boys, however, continue their enthusiasm for reading, borrowing the books written by the visiting authors or bought at our latest Book Fair. The feedback from the boys was they were most impressed with this year’s line-up of authors. Joaquin (4K) summed it up best when he said, ‘I liked the author talks cause my imagination flew like an eagle’. I would like to thank all of the authors for their enthusiastic and entertaining sessions with our boys, their generous sharing of reading and writing ideas and the lasting impression they have left with the Wyvern community.

If you would like to read more about the author sessions during the Literature Festival please click on Postscript, the Newington College Literature Festival daily paper, written by the Senior School students.

Years 5 & 6 Spelling Bee

The boys in Years 5 & 6 participated in the Literature Festival Spelling Bee. Class rounds were held before the week of the Literature Festival with four boys from each class going through to the final.

Congratulations to:

• 1st Place: Nicholas Maratos (6R)
• 2nd Place: Sebastian Parhash (6R)

The Newington College Literature Festival Writing Competition

Boys in Years 5 & 6 were invited to submit entries in Prose or Poetry Categories. This year, Susanne Gervay, author of the I Am Jack series, was our guest judge. Congratulations to the following boys for their writing pieces:

Prose Category:

• 1st Place – Finlay Fitzsimons (5D) 
• 2nd Place – Hugo Sharkey (5P) 
• Honourable Mention  – James Adams (6R) and Adam Cooper (5P)

Poetry Category:

• 1st Place – Anton Bromwich (6R)
•  2nd Place – Joshua Bryne (6R)

The Book Character Parade

Once again, there was fun and excitement on the day of the Book Character Parade. Boys, parents and teachers used their creative skills to choose and design character costumes around the theme Fables, Fairy Tales, Folklore and Fabulous Fictional Characters in Literature. The overall consensus from boys’ and parents’ feedback was that this year’s parade was a huge success.  In addition to participating in this grand event, Wyvern raised $705.25 for the Room to Read organisation. Thank you to everyone for supporting this endeavour. Please enjoy looking at the Book Parade photos taken on the day.

The success of an event like the Newington College Literature Festival is dependent on the people involved. I would sincerely like to thank the boys, the parents, the authors, the Wyvern executive and staff and the Literature Festival planning committee for their support and enthusiasm for this year’s Festival. My heartfelt thanks goes to the Wyvern P & F for their generosity and patronage of our biennial Literature Festivals.

Sincerely,

Mrs Joanne Barnes
Librarian