WORLD BOOK DAY

 

St Joseph's 

World Book Day

Thursday 4th March 2021

World Book Day 2021 takes place on Thursday 4th March, and we are delighted to celebrate the most exciting book day of the year with you all online.

The lockdown means doing things differently so this year we would like to invite you to join in with some amazing activities to celebrate the joy of reading with your children.

1. Decorate a potato as a character from a book. Children can use paint, fabric or other materials to create their character. Please upload a picture to SeeSaw or Tapestry. 

2. Create a wordle or word cloud, based on a favourite book. Children can use words that describe their favourite book or words that are key words in the book. Words can be repeated, vary in size and colour and can be organised into any shape that might be relevant to the story. Please upload a picture to SeeSaw or Tapestry. 

3. Share a story in an unusual place. Maybe your child has a favourite cubby hole, a cupboard under the stairs, or under a tree! Take a picture of your child reading/being read to in an unusual place and upload it to SeeSaw or Tapestry. These pictures will be used in a special display in school, once we are all back in again.

  

The following are suggestions of FREE World Book Day events that could be joined:

Share a Story Live with popular authors and illustrators from 3rd - 5th March and bring stories to life.
https://www.worldbookday.com/events/

Share A Story Corner videos and take10 minutes to share stories with your child and boost their imagination.
https://www.worldbookday.com/share-a-story-corner/

Enjoy brillant FREE audiobooks to bring depth to your child’s reading experience.
https://www.worldbookday.com/world-of-stories/

Join David Walliams for a very special and FREE schools Assembly event on 2nd March to celebrate World Book Day 2021! Recommended for Years 3-6.

Registration:
Join DAVID WALLIAMS for his AMAAAAAZING ASSEMBLY FOR WORLD BOOK DAY! - The World of David Walliams​

Scholastic and Travelling Books are hosting a week-long programme of FREE events with wonderful authors and illustrators. 

Registration:​

Scholastic Live World Book Day Event Week - Scholastic Shop

Finally, to help further with children's reading, on return to school each child will be given a £1 World Book Day book token. These tokens can be swapped for a World Book Day Book or used to get £1 off any book from bookshops until 28th March.

Log onto Author & Illustrator Academy video lessons to check out the authors and illustrators behind the World Book Day £1 books and inspire your child.
https://www.worldbookday.com/online-masterclasses/

 

Happy World Book Day!