World Book Day 2023

What a World Book Day 2023 we had! It was wonderful to see so many imaginative and creative costumes worn by staff and students My costume had everyone guessing and prompted the 'Who is Ms Kaur?' competition. The only clues I could give were;

She is an iconic character - She is from a very famous book - Written by a very famous author Answer: Miss Havisham from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Well done to Saffiya Kawthar 11N who guessed correctly and received a copy of Great Expectations as her prize. Thank you to everyone who took part!

The Learning Hub once again took central stage and hosted a range of games and activities for everyone to take part in Games included 'Who Wrote this Book?' and 'Guess the Book Cover'

It was fabulous to see everyone taking part in the World Book Day festivities and really engaging with Ms Bibi and our creative writing activity where students were given the opportunity to explore their imaginations and add their own sentences to create one collective story. During Period 5 the Learning Hub was transformed into a dark eerie space with creepy music playing to create a sense of spookiness so that our Rowling Pathways students could enjoy the theme of ‘Gothic Horror’ which they had been covering in their lessons. In the workshop we explored books telling stories in Haunted Houses, Haunted Castles, Spooky Forest and ‘Spooky Graveyards’. We then discussed sights and sounds we would expect to see or hear in theses setting We used descriptive cards to place on huge pictures depicting these scenarios. The students were thoroughly engaged and really thought about each setting carefully. As an award for their hard work each student was given a bespoke World Book Day bookmark and a ‘Dracula’ gothic novel.

I had a surprise addition to the World Book Day celebrations when Ameenah (11S) presented me with her World Book Day poem. It was beautifully written and encompassed all of Ameenah's memories of World Book Day since she was in primary school

Our annual ‘Treasure Hunt’ competition was a great success with many, many entry forms given out.Congratulations to Ameenah (11S) who scored an incredible 18/18 and won a Kindle Fire! Ishita (11H) won a runner up prize for book themed entry title ‘Little Woman’.

She received a copy of the book ‘Little Women’. Also, a huge well done to Amara (7B) who won our ‘Create a World Book Day Picture Book’ competition and was awarded a Kindle Fire as well. Her story titled ‘The Perfect Princess’ depicted a wonderful story about a brave princess who defeats an evil dragon Her entry was an outstanding piece of work and we are incredibly proud of her achievement.