Wow! What a fantastic themed day we all enjoyed as we celebrated World Book Day this week. Excitement buzzed across the playground as our children arrived dressed in their wonderful costumes and cosy pyjamas, proudly carrying their creations for our ‘Storybook Stones Competition’ and ready for a full day of reading fun!

We began with a whole school assembly, where we explored this year’s theme, Go All In and shared the different kinds of stories we love. Throughout the day, each year group immersed themselves in a brilliant dragon themed book as part of our Fiery Fiction focus, all designed to spark a love of reading. Reception set off on an adventure with Julia Donaldson’s Zog, heading to Dragon School to practice roaring, flying and even mixing magical potions! They wrote about Zog’s Magic Medicine Mix-up in Drawing Club and created medals and dragons of their own. Year 1 stepped into the hilarious world of Josh Lacey’s, The Dragonsitter, discovering the chaos that comes with looking after a dragon. They designed their own dragons and imagined what might happen if they brought them to school. Year 2 explored Andy Shepherd’s, The Boy Who Grew Dragons; learning how Tomas accidentally grows a dragon from a dragon fruit and the escapades that follow. They created their own dragons too and wrote about what magical things might grow from an enchanted tree.

Alongside all the classroom excitement, we held our Storybook Stones Character Competition. The creativity on display was incredible and although the School Council (with a few staff helpers!) had the tricky task of choosing winners, every entry was something to be proud of. There was also a real sense of excitement as the children headed to the Book Swap, eager to trade a well loved story for a fresh, exciting new read. On top of all this fun, we also paired up with WJS for our Big Federation Read. Children had the opportunity to share their favourite books with a different year group buddy and enjoyed reading together in comfy spots across both schools - even outside in the glorious sunshine!

We hope the children loved the day as much as we did. Thank you to everyone for the amazing effort with costumes and storybook stones - what a wonderful celebration of reading!