WORLD BOOK DAY BEST BITS

World Book Day is always a highlight of the LGGS calendar and for 2023 we went large! Our chosen theme at LGGS was ‘Back in Time’ to celebrate fiction set in different historical time periods.

LGGS Library organised a jam-packed week of events and activities at break and lunchtimes, from Monday 27th February to Friday 3rd March. Students each received a Time Traveller’s Passport the week before, which included a host of exciting book-related activities to complete both in the booklet and around school. Students collected stamps for activities such as the Staff Guess Who? And the book hunt and prizes were awarded to participants and winners.

On Thursday 2nd March, students and staff were encouraged to dress up as their favourite character from historical fiction (Dickens, Austen, The Roman Mysteries, the Percy Jackson books, The Great Gatsby… the possibilities were endless!). We raised a total of £585 for BookTrust, a wonderful charity that works to improve access to reading across the UK. www.booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/programmes-and-campaigns/

WE’VE PICKED OUT THE BEST BITS OF THE WEEK FOR YOU TO PERUSE BELOW!

MRS LOVETT’S BAKE OFF AND BIG BAKE SALE

We had 22 outstanding Back in Time bakes, raising an impressive £220 for BookTrust charity. Our winning bake was 'Life on the Frontline' by Gaia Romito Year 7 and runners-up were 'The Secret Cake Garden' by Imogen Healey Year 7 and 'Madhatter's Tea Party' by Mary Wiener and Kate Spavin Year 7. A huge thank you to all our bakers and to Miss Jackson for organizing the charity event.

STAFF PLAY ‘COPS AND ROBBERS’

Students were treated to a hilarious performance of ‘Cops and Robbers’ by Janet and Allan Alberg, directed by Mr Grundy and featuring an all-star cast of LGGS teachers. For those who didn’t manage to get tickets this year, the performance has been filmed and is available on the school website.

Katherine Woodfine Author Visit For Year 7

Year 7 enjoyed a fun and inspiring day meeting a nationally acclaimed children's writer of historical detective fiction, getting their books signed, grilling our author in the Q&A and participating in creative writing workshops afterwards. Come and reserve Katherine's books from the Library - they are fantastic! Here’s what our Year 7’s took away from the sessions: ‘That a writer gets inspiration from everywhere and they do not get their book right every time as they have to do a lot of drafts. It doesn't have to be perfect, just get your ideas down on paper.’

‘I learned that Katherine was actually a student at LGGS and I learnt about the process that she uses to write books, which has really made me think how much skill it takes to write a good book.’

‘She was greatly influenced by her teachers and lessons at LGGS.’

‘We worked together as a class to form a story and we could be creative during the session as well. Also, we were given the things to create our OWN story as well, which I did at home and found very fun.’