27th ISSUE

Reading Night
Reading Night was held on campus again this year, overnight on Friday 2nd to Saturday 3rd
February. 100 students in Years 6 to 8 enjoyed a fun-packed schedule of activities designed to foster
their love of literature and reading for leisure. Beautifully adorned, our school library and reading
garden sparkled in the twilight as students read alongside classmates in their tents. Formative social
experiences like these outside the classroom often leave the most memorable impressions, and
three students below share their thoughts on Reading Night...
Charlotte Chong 8D
I am very glad I signed up for reading night…
At first, I was slightly unnerved by me and my friends being separated
from each other, but that was quickly soothed by the new faces I got to
meet in group 9. Throughout the scavenger hunt, our group traversed
throughout the different floors of the campus in order to complete
various literature related challenges. We raced from the sixth floor then
straight to the first floor, and we had to go up again, so our route was a
tad strenuous, but all in great fun! My personal favourite was Freeze
Frames, since everyone got in character quickly, and worked together to
create a quick scene. However, there were a few slight lows, like when
we didn’t communicate very well in the beginning, so some of us kept
overtaking the other members of the group (myself included). Our
group also found the game “storyboard” challenging, because we didn’t
discuss first how to divide the panels in order to finish presenting the
story. After these miscommunications, we quickly moved on and
synergized far better as a team. The author visit from Mr Yan Zhi Hao
also broadened my horizons, having never encountered such an author
who was able to use very few words to convey deep meanings,
accompanied by beautiful illustrations that hide miniscule details which
give away the message of the story. I really enjoyed how he explained
his thinking and creative writing process to us, and found it extremely
insightful.
Overall, Reading Night has rekindled most of my embers of love for
literature, and I truly appreciate all the effort, time and resources the
teachers and staff had put together to organise this event and create
such a wonderful environment!