On Friday 22nd April, we celebrated UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day at KLASS.📚🌏 In anticipation for the event, our vlog featured recommended texts from members of our community, creating a fantastic buzz alongside offering lots of contemporary and classic reads. It was so wonderful to see our secondary school students engage with the full range of opportunities throughout the day: the KS3 ‘Punny Vegetable Competition’; the ‘Teacher Shelfie Contest’; dressing up in creative literary costumes and of course, enjoying what the day is all about: curling up with a good story during ‘DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time’.
Literary Legends
Congratulations to the winners of our World Book Day dress up competition:
Maggie as Paddington Bear |
Bong Yan as a samurai |
Hector as Guy Montag |
Ms. Green as Miss Havisham |
Theo as a Ninja Turtle |
From Literary Legumes to Fictional Fruit!
In the run up to World Book Day this year, some of our Key Stage 3 students (and teachers!) got involved in the Punniest Vegetable competition. The aim was to recreate a top literary character using only fruit and veg models or collages. Some of our top entries were:
Hannah (Yr 8) recreated Fiver from 'WATER-ship Down' |
Jeeyee Yun (Yr 7) recreated Sherlock Holmes, 'Where's Wally?' AND Winnie the Pooh |
Ms. Withrington got involved too with Gourdolf from 'The Gourd of the Rings' |
Staff Shelfies
In tutor time on Friday, form groups collaborated and used their detective skills to guess the EP staff member based on a photo of their book shelf. Students paid close attention to detail, examining the shelves for clues such as foreign language titles, cats, family photos and subject-related content.
Congratulations to the winners of the competition:
- Winners (18/25) - 12/13H
- Runners up (15/25) - 7T
- Winning teacher (19/25) - Mrs Moore
Can you guess some of our teachers from their shelfies?
(Answers: Mr Kimura-Davies / Mr Bodalbhai / Ms Sharinaz / Ms Graham)