The whole school was filled with great excitement today as we celebrated one of our favourite days of the year - World Book Day! All of the children dressed up as their favourite book character and brought in their favourite book to share with the rest of their class. Take a look at some of the amazing costumes on display!
We had lots of story time throughout the day! Junior Infants enjoyed the book Elmer by David McKee and explored how we are all different. The children all worked hard to make their own individual Elmers afterward which are proudly displayed outside their room!
Mrs Pearse’s Literacy group ahve been enjoying Tom Palmers book ‘Spitfire’ and have used it as a theme to decorate their classroom door. Doesn’t it look incredible?
A very special story session was shared between our 6th class students and our Junior Infants. The Juniors loved being read to by their big buddies and it was extra special this year as we haven’t been able to do it for the last few years! Thank you and well done to all the big buddies for their care and patience with the little ones!
4th and 5th class have been studying the book ‘The Battle Below Giltspur’ by Cormac Mac Raois and they have worked really hard to design their own book cover. We have some budding illustrators on our hands!
5th and 6th class took part in a blind date with a book. Each child brought in a book from home. They wrapped it up, keeping its title a secret, and gave a few clues for the person who chose it as their date. They spent some time reading the book they chose and then had to ‘rate their date’ afterwards! It was a fun activity and also showed the true meaning of the phrase ‘never judge a book by its cover’!
Because you’re never too old for some ‘Where’s Wally’ the 5th and 6th class children enjoyed a Wally hunt around the school garden! They managed to find them all!
We saw some more fantastic illustrating in Senior Infants as the children got creative and designed their very own book covers!
We know that you can read a book anywhere, but have you ever thought of the strangest places to read a book! Check out some of these strange spots some of our children found!
