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Keep up-to-date with news about World Book Day at www.worldbookday.com.
World
Book Day will take place on Thursday 5 March 2009. Events will be organised
all over the country in bookshops and libraries and there
are lots of ways in which your school can take part.
The Ideas Booklet included in the World Book Day School Pack
(see below for ordering details) will feature a two-page spread
about reading for pleasure. It presents a selection of Reading
Connects practical ideas and details how schools can join
the initiative. Here are our top 5 suggestions for World Book
Day 2009!
1. Extreme reading
Challenge members of the school community (including pupils,
teachers and support staff) to bring in photos of themselves
reading in the most unusual or extreme locations. Make
a display of all of the images in the school foyer and
announce the winner on WBD. |
2. Get Caught Reading posters
Lend students a digital camera and ask them to photograph
staff (teaching and support staff) reading a book, newspaper
or magazine. Blow these up to poster size and put a caption
underneath that explains why the person has chosen that
particular read. Put the posters up all over school on
World Book Day, especially in areas where pupils are not
expecting to see images of people reading. |
3. Hold a Big Read
Choose half an hour during the school day and hold a whole
school read, to include pupils, teachers and support staff.
Make sure that pupils are well prepared so that they bring
along reading materials that will engage them during the
session. |
4. Story sacks
Hold WBD story sack sessions for primary school pupils
to encourage them to foster a love of listening to stories
and books. Encourage families or local community organisations
to get involved by making some of the props needed to
enable the different tales to be told. In secondary schools,
pupils can make their own story sacks to encourage them
to read with their younger siblings at home. |
5. Screensavers
Encourage pupils to design their own World Book Day screensavers,
based on their favourite book jackets. Hold a competition
to find the most original screensavers, as voted for by
the pupils, with the winning screensaver to appear on
the school's computers for a set period of time. |
 World
Book Day materials will be sent to schools from mid-January
2007. Information sent will include a School Pack, display
materials and World Book Day £1 Book Tokens.
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