World Book Day is a global initiative aimed at promoting the enjoyment of reading for pleasure. The charity behind it works to ensure that every child has access to books and encourages schools and communities to make reading a social, fun, and enriching experience.

As part of these celebrations, we officially launched our newly developed library space full of beautiful new book collections. The refreshed library space has been designed to spark curiosity and make reading a fun, immersive experience. The school team have worked with the wonderful School Library Service to develop the space and ensure a fantastic book deposit collection is available for our students.

A whole host of other fun activities took place on the day including pupils dressing up as their favourite book characters, with prizes for the best costumes. 

Pupils also created their own book vlogs, sharing what they love about their treasured books and characters.

In line with our values of scholarship, kindness and community, students also took part in reading buddy sessions, where they shared special stories with each other. There was also a book review competition, with the winning reviews due to be displayed in the school’s library space, and a bookmark design competition, with the winning designs to be turned into bookmarks available in the library.  

Hannah Rose, Acting Headteacher at Matford Brook Academy said:

“We were thrilled to see how engaged our pupils were with World Book Day. The theme, ‘Read Your Way,’ allowed our pupils to take ownership of their reading experience, and it was fantastic to see how much creativity and excitement they brought to the day. The new library space is the perfect environment for encouraging this love of reading and learning.”