World Book Day

World Book Day became ‘Wild Book Day’, when St Lawrence’s Catholic Primary gave the annual celebration of reading a novel twist.

Pupils from Nursery to Year 6 at our school took part in the international event, with activities all themed around a particular story.

“This year, the whole school was reading Wild Book Day by Karl Newson and James Brown,” explained our Head of School, Mrs Robson.

In it, books come to life when children aren’t looking at them, and they get up to lots of mischief! Each class took part in different activities throughout the day, all based around the same book.

The children also arrived dressed as their favourite fictional characters, while members of staff joined in the fun with their own fancy-dress costumes.

With this year’s event coinciding with the National Year of Reading initiative, we have been focusing on promoting reading for pleasure – with the support of parents and carers.

“We held a competition to be completed at home,” said Mrs Robson. “Pupils were asked to create their own poster to encourage reading at home. The winning entry will have copies made and displayed around school, in the library and classrooms.”

Throughout the week of World Book Day, parents were invited in for a Stay and Read session in the afternoon. Pupils could bring a book to read with their parent or carer.

The day was brought to a close with the children receiving ‘pre-loved’ books to take home with them, as well as World Book Day tokens.