On Thursday, Windhill21 was taken over by a plethora of book characters, ranging from Harry Potter to Willy Wonka! It was a fantastic day and it was great to see so many children (and adults!) celebrating their favourite books.
The theme of this year's world book day was to share a story, and our aim was to reach one million reads as part of the reading revolution.
To try and help us to achieve this, the children participated in a number of story sharing activities.
We began by getting cosy and sharing stories in assembly. EYFS and KS1 enjoyed a fabulous picture book about a brave mouse, Lower KS2 were enthralled by Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain and Upper KS2 were captivated by a spooky ghost story which included lights out and torches!
The Lion Inside was read to EYFS and KS1.
Lower KS2 enjoyed Lao Lao of Dragon Mountain
The Legend of Sleep Hollow was read to Upper KS2
The children also got to enjoy a reading run around, which was where the teachers selected their favourite poetry or story book and read to each class for 5 minutes before a timer went off and they ran to the next class. We really loved sharing our stories and poems and it was exciting to see which teacher and what poem or story we got next!
The children were also read to by their teachers, TAs and to each other throughout the day and we all discussed our favourite parts of stories. Lots of us also spent some time listening to, reading, watching, enjoying and responding to poetry. Some of us created art work based on a poem or illustrated one while others produced drama and wrote their own poems. One thing for sure is, we all loved watching Michael Rosen's videos where he performs his poems. A massive favourite was 'Chocolate Cake'.
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