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Thursday 5th March is World Book Day. Our annual celebration of books and reading will take place in the school library with a small informal event at lunchtime. There will also be a short story read to pupils in 4-6 minute sections at the beginning of each lesson.World Book Day was created in 1995 and we have been marking the event in the school library for the last 15 or so years.Evidence from the Book Trust shows that reading for pleasure has many benefits, from overcoming disadvantage, developing improved mental wellbeing, relationships and social skills, supporting and improving attainment in education, developing creativity and empathy. (Further information: files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documents/BookTrusts-Benefits-of-Reading.pdf?v=1743075166)We aim to promote reading for pleasure here, by allowing choice of reading, whilst also giving pupils time set aside to read. Marking events such as National Poetry Day and World Books Day reinforce this by providing a fun way to engage with and talk about reading, sharing our favourite books or even making suggestions for the library.Tomorrow, £1 book tokens will be given to those who want them. They can be used in part payment for a new book or in exchange for the official WBD £1 books from local bookshops. We will also have a few available in the library.Pupils may also like to enter the Book token design competition with good book token prizes for both the school and the pupil. Entry forms avalable from the library – closing date (to allow time to be sent off for official date of 27th) is Friday 20th March) (Further info and entry form: www.worldbookday.com/competitions/design-a-national-book-token-competition-2026/)
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