World Book Day

02 Mar World Book Day

This week marks the 20^th anniversary since World Book Day began.  In time-honoured tradition, JRCS held our annual Readathon on Main Street, with a range of students from different year groups volunteering to take part.

Each year, our Librarian Mrs Osland comes up with a new creative theme for the school’s World Book Day celebrations. In the past we’ve had Main Street transformed into a WW1 trench, a campsite, a gym, and ‘Dagee Island’ beach.  This year, it seemed fitting to throw World Book Day a birthday party.  The English Department created a special reading area for the day complete with balloons, banners, presents, party hats and giant beanbags for students to sit on and read. Special thanks to the Art Department who created a giant birthday cake centrepiece, the caretakers who helped us to set up the reading area, and thank you especially to Abigail Hall in 12B who wrapped the presents and blew up all the balloons!

Key Stage 3 students also took part in World Book Day lessons in English on Thursday. Students were introduced to their English teachers’ favourite books and some classes completed ‘just a minute’ elevator pitches, which involved giving one minute speeches on their own favourite book to the rest of the class.

Budding illustrators in Years 7-11 still have the opportunity to enter a national design competition being run by the organisers of World Book Day. The competition involves coming up with an original design to be printed on the National Book Token cards, which are sold in bookshops nationwide. If you are interested in entering this competition, you should ask either their form tutor or their English teacher for more information.  The closing date for entries is Friday 17^th March 2017.

Ms Eastman

Director of Learning for English & Literacy