This week the Primary students took part in the National Simultaneous Storytime event, which is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. Now in its 21st successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book that explores age-appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum for Foundation to Year 6.  This year’s book was ‘Give me some Space!, by Philip Bunting.  Students listened to a reading of the book and took part in classroom activities around the book’s theme of space.