Dear Parents/Carers,
WORLD BOOK DAY COMING SOON!
After half term, we will be celebrating World Book Day and promoting a love of reading in school with activities over the week! It will start with a whole school assembly which will introduce and explain all about World Book Day and the week ahead.
Monday 4th March
Illustrator Visit -Local Artist/Illustrator Giesella Robinson will be visiting to talk to Years 3 & 4 about life working as a freelance Illustrator. She will be delivering a creative workshop to Year 3 and staying after school with a pop up shop to sell her merchandise. (artwork, badges, postcards, stickers etc) You may recognise Giesella’s work , she painted the DoDo on the BT box on the English Bridge.
After School Fair- At 3:30pm in the hall we will have some stalls for you to shop including Giesella Robinson Art, Usborne Books and a sweet shop created by Year 1 pupils as part of an enterprise event. They will be selling bags of sweets themed to popular books for £1 each. Please come along to support them.
Thursday 7th March – Actual World Book Day.
Non-Uniform – Children may come to school dressed to represent their favourite book or character. Please don’t feel the need to buy expensive fancy dress for this occasion: the children are so keen on being eco-conscious and re-using items you already have at home. Equally, please don’t feel any pressure to make an elaborate costume. Here are some simple ideas below:
-re-use Halloween costumes (cats, witches, skeletons, wizards feature in lots of stories)
-re-use other costumes (animals, superheroes & princesses feature in lots of stories)
–characters wearing old fashioned clothes (Famous Five, World War stories)
-characters wearing pyjamas (BFG, I’m Going on a bear Hunt, The Polar Express)
-inspiration from sports stars/real life hero books
We understand that some children feel uncomfortable wearing fancy dress. They may choose to wear their own comfy reading clothes instead – we want all children to enjoy the day.
Special Lunch Menu
We will have a special themed lunch on Thursday
World Book Day Books
We are collaborating with local independent book store, Pengwern Books, so that every child can select a World Book Day book to take home.
Friday 3rd March
EYFS and KS1 Children will have a visit from local storyteller Sal Tongue.
Drop & Swap Trolley
-use our Drop & Swap Trolley in the foyer to recycle old costumes. You can drop old costumes off or give costumes a new home.
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We are really looking forward to the things we have planned and we are sure the children will really enjoy themselves.
Kind regards,
Mrs Young
KS1 Leader & Reading Co-ordinator