This year’s World Book Day was celebrated on Thursday 3rd March.  At lunchtime there was an informal gathering where we ate snacks, had hot chocolate and discussed books, as well as reading extracts.  We also had an author / title pairs game.

Records show that 14 pupils signed in to the event, although there were more about who didn’t sign the attendance sheet.

Pupils visiting the library during WBD and in the following week are will be requested to fill in a mini survey indicating their favourite books, and authors.  Surveys such as these are useful for gauging current reading trends and enabling more informed book purchase decisions to be made.

Stromness Books & Prints once again allowed me to raid their shelves for some books to sell at our Peedie Book Fair as well as some WBD bunting.  A small number were purchased.

WBD Book tokens were issued and could be exchange for the free £1 books available in the library as part of the Peedie Book Fair.  A small number of £1 books are still available, as are book tokens if any pupil has yet to receive one.

Running up to the end of term, there is a National Book Token design competition.  Pupils are encouraged to take part and design an image for National Book Tokens which will be used on the token cards.  Official templates and entry forms are available from the library or can be found here.

A winner will be decided in school – Easter Egg and house points for prizes.  All entries will then be forwarded to the national competition.

Comments

Enjoyable. PR

The matching thing was kinda fun. HR

It was a good event. Nothing to improve! JC

Very good. KC

Very good. JL

Enjoyable as always. Perhaps we should encourage the students more to bring in and read [from]their own books too. MB

More snacks. More time. JL

It was very good. IT