What a wonderful World Book Day we have had in Year 4.
The theme for this year's World Book Day is Get Ready to Read Your Way which encourages us all to read wherever and whenever we want.
This morning we started our celebrations with a whole school worship which was led by Miss Flynn and the librarians. The children loved joining in with the quizzes and interactive games.
Next we took part in an online workshop with the author Pamela Butchart. She also wrote A Monster Ate My Packed Lunch and The Great Crisp Robbery.
The most recent book that Pamela has written is Diary of a Future Billionaire and she talked about how she created this fantastic story. It’s about being at home rather than school. Pamela was worried that her new book might not be as popular as her Izzy books.
The main character is called Ben and here are his thoughts: So here's the thing about me. I'm a billionaire.
An actual REAL-LIFE billionaire!
And you know how some people who get rich say stuff like, "I can't believe it!" and "I never thought it would happen to me!"
Well ... I CAN believe it. And I KNEW it would happen to me. Because I PLANNED IT. I PLANNED to become the world's RICHEST ten-year-old.
And you know what? It WORKED
The children have asked if we can buy the book and read it as our next class novel so this shows how enthusiastic they were about the whole workshop.
Following this we played match the teacher to their favourite book which we found rather interesting and then we went to various classes around school to listen to St Barnabas school staff read their favourite books. It was so nice to hear the children come back and talk so enthusiastically about what they had listened to.
Finally this afternoon, we created special WBD bunting with our favourite novel on and discussed why we had chosen these.
What an amazing experience and huge thanks to Miss Flynn for organising!
