On Thursday we celebrated our love of reading during World Book Day. One of our School Development Plan objectives is to embed sustainability across our curriculum, environment and community, and so we used the opportunities that stories and reading have to offer in order to help us relay this important message to the children.
We began the day with an exciting assembly. The staff told the children the story of ‘The Day the Pond Asked for Help’ which explained how our actions can impact the environment and community around us. The children were encouraged to think about what they could do to make a difference; putting litter in the bin, recycling paper and plastic; caring for plants and animals, etc.
Later in the day, we read ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ by Julia Donaldson. You can access the story by using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f1QbJm1irY
We talked about how the story shows our school messages of reusing and recycling; and also the importance of helping others. George used his clothes to help his friends in their times of need and, in return, his friends showed him how grateful they were by making him a gift.
Throughout the day, we were busy taking part in various book day activities, including making book marks, solving wordsearches, sharing our favourite books and, of course, telling our friends about our fantastic costumes!
How to help at home:
- Visit the local library with your child.
- Encourage your child to talk about the books they share with you. Ask them about the characters, the setting of the story, can they make a prediction about what might happen next?
- Encourage your child to read a range of texts; fiction, non fiction, comics, magazines, food packets, poems, recipes etc.
- Ask your child to create a story book of their own.