By Isle of Wight Observer
Priory School in Whippingham did World Book Day in style this year.
Pupils and staff arrived at school dressed as their favourite book characters from A Christmas Carol, Willy Wonka, Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter, Dracula, Rapunzel, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmatians and many more.
In the weeks running up to yesterday – World Book Day, the school held a special assembly and published pictures on social media of staff and their favourite reads.
To encourage reading for pleasure and to help engender a lifelong love of reading, every lesson on the day, regardless of subject and pupil age, began with the class teacher reading several chapters from a carefully selected novel. Headteacher, David Lloyd said: “Everyone had great fun dressing up, whilst enjoying the simple pleasure of beginning every lesson with the next few chapters from an age-appropriate book.”
Cowes Primary School also celebrated the day in style. Headteacher, Stephanie Praetig said: “You would be forgiven for thinking you had stepped into the pages of a story book when walking around the school.
“The imagination and creation of the costumes has been amazing. It is such a fabulous way of celebrating both books and our love of reading.”
The children also decorated spoons to show their favourite fictional characters. The winners all received a book token.
Mal Butler