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16 November 2009

I didn’t read much when I was twelve, but I wish I had ... Reading gives you ideas about what you can become.

Wael Al Sayegh, challenged all students to read more and with purpose. While addressing the students at the beginning of the ‘Drop Everything and Read’ day he explained that reading changed his life. He hopes that it will do the same for current boys at the school.

Wael admitted that he got to reading late “I didn’t read much when I was twelve, but I wish I had”, but once he started he was hooked. “Reading gives you ideas about what you can become. Read a book on a successful businessman and you can become one yourself. Read about going to the moon and you can do that too.” He also had a message about language “Read in Arabic AND English. You will learn more and you’ll need to be able to read both for your future.”

Immediately after his address, Wael was accompanied by year 9 to the L.R.C. where he cut the ribbon and officially declared the L.R.C. open.

As part of D.E.A.R. every student in Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 visited the library and selected at least one book for the L.R.C.. Everything from the latest Darran Shan and graphic novels on Wolverine and Spiderman, to science books on the human body, electricity and magnets.

There were also a number of Kenyan resources added, which will help prepare year 12 students undertaking a trek to Mount Kenya later this year.

All across the school reading activities took place. In Art, maths and history as well as Arabic, English and French.

Reading is a key focus for the school this year and D.E.A.R. is just one event in a series planned for the future. The next major whole-school event is the Fiction book fair on 16 April 2010.