{"id":5630,"date":"2025-03-06T15:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=5630"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:57:49","slug":"5630","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2025\/03\/06\/5630\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy World Book Day from Eastbank Academy !<\/p>\n<p>And what a day it has been.\u00a0 Firstly, we had so much fun giving out the free World Book Day books to the pupils.\u00a0 The favourites definitely were tied between &#8220;Pokemon: The Epic Pocket Guide&#8221; and, &#8220;The Fart that Broke the World&#8221;!\u00a0 Which book was your favourite?<\/p>\n<p>After that, we had the Grand Unveiling of our Library Mascot &#8211; the Eastbank Ninja !\u00a0 The Ninja&#8217;s secrets are many, but he jumped from the pencil of one of our first year pupils during a competition to design a mascot and now he&#8217;s embodied in wool !\u00a0 He&#8217;s menacing and soft at the same time &#8211; just like many of your favourite people perhaps?\u00a0 Here he is, but I&#8217;m not giving away his identity&#8230;.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5632 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2025\/03\/06155137\/Ninja-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2025\/03\/06155137\/Ninja-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2025\/03\/06155137\/Ninja-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2025\/03\/06155137\/Ninja.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At lunchtime today we also had a fantastic bookmark making session where creativity met reading and we had some amazing results.\u00a0 Well done to those who took part.<\/p>\n<p>In class time today there was also a new version of the Masked Reader shown.\u00a0 This is an animation of teachers reading in the style of the Masked Singer and the pupils have to guess which teacher is which.\u00a0 Mr Seawright does an amazing job of doing this each year and it&#8217;s one of our highlights of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, whilst tidying away the book returns this afternoon, a senior pupil left me this.\u00a0 We believe in libraries and library kids too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5633 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2025\/03\/06155508\/thumbnail_IMG_4551-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2025\/03\/06155508\/thumbnail_IMG_4551-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2025\/03\/06155508\/thumbnail_IMG_4551.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy World Book Day from Eastbank Academy ! 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