Since today is a special day, we are “off-timetable” and have planned different activities to celebrate World Book Day!
This year’s theme is “Share a Story”, so we have lots of opportunities for you to share a story you love and listen to lots of other people doing the same. Please see below our links, tasks, and suggested timetable for the day:
Please note that the whole point of the day is for it to be fun and for children to have a chance to enjoy their stories, so all suggestions below are optional and you are not expected to complete or submit any work – although I will love to receive any photos, as always.
Start your day by dressing up as a favourite character and choosing a book to share with the class, ready for our Zoom calls. Maybe also check out the World Book Day official song with MC Grammar: https://www.worldbookday.com/mc-grammar/
9.30 am: Y2 Zoom call with Mrs Crowe and Tiger Class
10 am: Y3 Zoom call with Mrs Crowe and Tiger Class
10.30 am: “Share a Story Live – Bringing reading to life”, with Tom Fletcher, Joseph Coelho, Fiona Lumbers and Lydia Monks: https://www.worldbookday.com/event/words-pictures-bring-reading-to-life/
11.30 am: BBC Bitesize World Book Day Live Lesson, with Ben Shire: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/world-book-day-2021-live-lesson/z2thm39 – there’s also an activity sheet to accompany this lesson: WorldBookDay2021LL-Activity-Sheet_final
For the rest of the day, there are a variety of videos and activities you can complete.
Mrs Byrne has prepared a lovely presentation, packed with activities specially for Tiger Class. That’s available on Class Dojo.
World Book Day Author and Illustrator Academy masterclasses: https://www.worldbookday.com/online-masterclasses/
BBC Bringing books to life 1 – An adventure into the world of children’s literature as celebrity presenters share what they love about their favourite books, with animations that bring the stories to life: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1–ks2-bringing-books-to-life/zvg4xyc
BBC Bringing books to life 2 – Including one of our Class reads for this half-term, “Cosmic” – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1–ks2-bringing-books-to-life/zrvm382
BBC Tales from Around the World – A series of short animated short films based on folktales from around the world. It includes stories from Brazil, India, Israel, Iraq, Pakistan and Nigeria: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-tales-from-around-the-world/zmybnrd
World Book Day Scavenger Hunt
World-Book-Day_Reading-challenge-diary
World-Book-Day_Character-Masks
KS1 World Book Day Design Finger Puppets Activity Sheet
World Book Day Character Description Activity Sheets
World-book-day-design-a-bookmark-activity
Name-that-story-powerpoint-quiz
You can also have a peep at the books you can choose from to swap for your WBD voucher: https://www.worldbookday.com/books/
Hope you have a wonderful World Book Day!
Keep reading! 🙂