World Book Day Celebrations

Thursday 5th March marked World Book Day, which was celebrated across the school with a range of engaging activities.

There was much excitement in the Infant and Junior school on World Book Day on seeing the marvellous variety of characters that had joined the school that day, including a large inflatable dinosaur from Harry’s Bucketful of Dinosaurs (Mrs Eastwood)! A super effort had been made with costumes and props which included a huge papier mâché Big Friendly Giant. A big thank you to all our parents for assisting in these wonderful outfits.

At the Infant and Junior School assembly, Mrs Watkins (Jane Goodall) read That’s Not My Book, a story about an owl who couldn’t work out what book to read. He hunted all over the school asking different teachers, until he found the perfect one in the school library. Throughout the day, the children were encouraged to hunt around the school building for little owls, each with a letter, which when unscrambled spelled out the message: “There is a book for you”.

Lots of exciting book related activities ensued all day in every classroom with opportunities for paired reading across the age groups.

In Seniors, pupils took part in a special World Book Day assembly. This included a speech from Year 11 pupil Natasha on the importance of literature, as well as insights from Mrs Phillips on the benefits of reading. The day also featured a shared reading of Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter, alongside activities such as staff reading recommendations, reading quizzes in the library, and other book-themed challenges.

All pupils received a World Book Day token, which can be used to purchase a book from participating retailers.

At Heritage, we love reading and aim to take every opportunity to promote books and a lifelong love of reading.

View our photo gallery to see highlights from the day: