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World Book Day Thursday 4th March

25/2/2021

 
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We will be celebrating World Book day at home and in school on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th March. We will have live, virtual assemblies on both these days and World Book Day activities will replace all or most of your classwork for these two days. Assembly links will be sent out via email later this week. 

We will not be dressing up this year, but will ask all children to produce a 'book nook' (more details below) to show in assembly on Friday and bring into school with them on Monday 8th March. 

We have a new display board in the main reception area and I'd like to fill this board with photos, drawing, book nooks and other creations from World Book Day. Please email me your pictures (smarvin@southtawton.org) and bring anything else you make into school with you on 8th March. 

The rest of this blog post contains many, many ideas of things to do and enjoy on Thursday and Friday. You can choose the activities that you'd like to do, except for my top three items which I'd like as may people as possible to have a go at.

1. Book Nooks

There are lots of guides to how to make a book nook on the internet and lots of different materials you could use. You will need a box roughly the size of a cereal box and an idea for how to decorate the inside of the box to show a scene or theme from one of your favourite books. You may use cardboard cut-outs to create characters and 3D textures; you may prefer to use small items such a Lego or Playmobil characters. The aim is for your finished book nook to look like an open doorway right into your favourite book. Good luck!

2. Extreme Reading Photos

Where's the most extreme place you can read a book? There's no better day to do some reading than World Book Day, so please send me photos of yourself reading in usual locations or positions. Keep it safe and check with an adult first, please. We don't want any accidents!

Reading Pets

Do you have a pet or toy who likes to be read to? I'd love to see your photos of them reading or you reading to them. Please email them to me (smarvin@southtawton.org) and look forward to seeing them feature on next week's newsletter. 

Lots more ideas...

In the rest of the blog, you'll find lots more ideas of things to do on World Book Day. There are videos to watch, stories to listen to, things to make, books to read. Have a look through the blog and choose your activities. Later in the week, I'll produce another blog with even more ideas of things to do. 

Have a wonderful two days getting really involved in books and reading. Your £1 vouchers will be with you soon. 

The first place you should look is the World Book Day website which has many, many lovely ideas. 

Ideas from the School Library Service

Lots of Resources from the Hay Festival including favourite authors reading aloud.

Events for World Book Day, 4 March 2021  
Here is a selection of uplifting Hay Festival events for pupils in KS 2, 3 and 4 chosen for you by Julia Eccleshare, the festival’s Director of Children’s Programming. Why not watch as part of your World Book Day celebrations to inspire reading for pleasure.

 KS2 
Pamela Butchart
Julian Clary & David Roberts
Cressida Cowell
John Dougherty
Daniel Morden
Onjali Q Rauf
Andy Stanton
Kate Dicamillo

A competition from Coram Life (SCARF PSHE)

World Book Day Competition - Coram Beanstalk & Very.co.uk
Enter our World Book Day competition for a chance to win over £300 worth of Crayola arts and crafts goodies! 
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With restricted opening for schools, World Book Day on Thursday 4th March 2021 is going to be a little different this year. Coram Life Education’s sister charity, Coram Beanstalk, is working in partnership with Very.co.uk to launch a new activity to engage and bring together children across the country on World Book Day.
 
Rather than dressing up as their favourite book character we’re encouraging children to draw or make (using arts and crafts) their favourite book character.
 
Parents, carers or schools can enter their children’s pictures into the competition via social media. There are some wonderful prizes for children up for grabs, thanks to support from Crayola.
  
To enter the Coram Beanstalk and Very ‘World Book Day’ competition, just:
  • Draw, paint or craft a favourite book character
  • Post a picture of the masterpiece on social media on Thursday 4th March
  • Don’t forget to use #VeryWBD and tag @beanstalkreads so we can find every entry for the World Book Day competition and share as part of our virtual gallery!
 
Harold the giraffe will be joining in with his school friends too – he just needs to decide which character to do! Remember to follow Harold's daily diary for updates. 

Links from the World Book Day website

  
  • Share A Story Live - join us at 10.30am on the 3rd, 4th and 5th March for our exciting digital events programme, beaming our £1 book authors and illustrators straight into your school.

  • Show Your Shares competition – fantastic weekly prizes to be won for your school in our competition from 22nd Feb! See our website for more details from next week.

  • Author & Illustrator Academy – choose one of our video lessons, press play and let our brilliant authors & illustrators lead your class. Each one is a complete package with downloadable activities, creative challenges and extracts.

  • FREE audiobooks – encourage families to enjoy one of our free audiobooks available from 18th February or listen to them together in class.

  • Share A Story Corner video stories – perfect for Reception and Years 1 & 2, our video stories have fun downloadable activities to go with them.

  • World Book Day Book Club – Encourage pupils to join our book club where we’ll share our monthly read, invite children to submit questions to the author and join in on YouTube.

  • Help us to change lives – from buying a World Book Day badge to hosting a fun Big Booky Breaktime, we’ve got fundraising ideas that can work at home too! No amount of money is too small with every £1 raised helping us to change lives.

Books That Make You LOL Wednesday 3rd March at 10:30am

Words & Pictures: Bring Reading to Life Thursday 4th March at 10.30am

Books and the Real World Friday 5th March at 10.30am


Step Inside Your Story

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Anyone can be the author or star of a story...

This March we’re inviting school children across the UK to take part in our new project to celebrate and promote diversity in children’s books.

With #StepInsideYourStory children can explore their identities, make concertina books, and place themselves at the heart of their own stories. They can start with reality and add a sprinkle of magic. 
 
Send us your creations on Twitter @BL_Learning, and together we'll create a virtual library of All Our Stories. We have fantastic videos from much-loved authors and illustrators and free online resources to help you get involved. The project is perfect for World Book Day and beyond. 

Join our campaign
Make your own concertina book
Mara the storyteller shares her step-by-step bookmaking tips. 

Watch video
Life as a storyteller
Jump over crocodiles with Sandra Agard in this wonderful tale illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan.

Watch video
Where do you belong?
Children’s writer S F Said explores his identity and reveals his answers to some of life’s tricky questions.
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