World Book Day

World Book Day 2021 is going to be a little bit different. Here at Cookridge, we’ve adapted our plans to make sure that World Book Day sends a powerful and positive message about books and reading, even in lockdown. This year, it falls on Thursday 4th March. Please see below for details of how we are going to be celebrating this year, whether pupils are in school as part of key worker bubbles or remote learning at home. 

• Dress up:Either come to school or your teams/zoom meeting dressed up as a character from a book.
• Story share: Bring a book to school or your teams/zoom meeting to share with your friends. This could be your favourite book or one you are currently reading.
  Story Time: There will be three scheduled story times per phase where teachers will read short stories, story extracts and poems for you to enjoy. 

As well as this, there are FOUR reading challenges to take part in, each with a £10 voucher for the winner. 

World Book Day Challenge One: Extreme Reader Challenge. Get someone to send us a photo of you reading in an extreme place/way. Could it be up a tree in your garden or park? How about hanging upside down on a climbing frame? The more extreme, weird and wacky the better! 

World Book Day Challenge Two: Book Cover Challenge. Design a book cover for a new book. What would it be called? What would you put on the main cover? Think about the design, colour and pictures and steal ideas from the covers of books you have in your house.

World Book Day Challenge Three: Character Art Attack. Choose a book character and create them using a style of art! It could be a drawing, picture, collage, mosaic, painting, sculpture or even an image using natural materials in your garden! 

World Book Day Challenge Four: 100 Word Guess Who Challenge. Choose a book character and, without telling your teachers their name, describe them. Think about what they wear, how they look and what they behave like in the books. Then, it’s up to your teachers to try and guess who it is! But beware, you cannot use more than 100 words! For younger pupils, try to draw and label your favourite character instead, can you describe them in ten words?

The reading challenges will replace online learning for Thursday 4th March as we promote the love of reading and books and celebrate World Book Day. Your child can enter as many challenges as they like and please email entries to your usual phase email address.  

Thank you and good luck!