World Book Day

What a wonderful day we have had to celebrate World Book Day with all the children from the Juniors and Infant school. 

The day started with the playground full of buzz: who are you? What have you come as? I love your costume....Ooh, you look cosy!  It really has been great to see the children embrace what today is all about - a love of reading and embracing all the literature that surrounds us.  

During the day, a number of different activities have taken place - from 'Drop and Read' (when a bell from the office signals for everyone to stop and do what they are doing and read their book of choice) to children from the Juniors having shared reading time with children from the Infant school.  This is always such a pleasure for the adults and children alike and provides a great opportunity for children from across our schools' communities to come together.  

In class, each year group has taken part in a lesson based on fairytales.  In Year 3, the children have made fortune tellers whilst in Year 4, they have converted well-known stories into comic strips.  Year 5 children have used iPads to make trailers for movie versions of fairy tales and finally, Year 6 children have explored the darker, alternative sides of the not so 'fairy' tales!

Thank you to those children who brought in donations for the Book Swap.  Mrs Garrett and her team of Eco-Warriors were inundated with books of good quality which the children enjoyed browsing this afternoon with their buying tokens in hand ready to bring a new book home. We hope they enjoy reading their new books and thank you to the Eco team for all their hard work.  

Don't forget, the special edition World Book Day books (which cost only £1 or can be purchased using your World Book Day voucher) are still available in book shops and supermarkets.