School Celebrations
Book Day
At Kew College, Book Day is a whole day‘s
celebration to encourage children of all ages to
come together to appreciate reading. By
providing them with the opportunity to explore
the pleasures of books with each other, we
hope this wonderful day will contribute towards
building a love of reading in all our pupils. It is
hard to overemphasise the importance of
reading in children’s development and at school
we grasp every opportunity to do so.
Inviting authors and illustrators into school adds
to the excitement of reading. This year we were
privileged to have authors Sarah Holding in to
talk to the Junior House – and Bridget Marzo
for the Infants. They regaled our pupils with
fascinating in-sights into their lives as authors
and the books they have written. Earlier in the
year we enjoyed a morning with Lindsay Mattick
who wrote ‘Finding Winnie: The True Story of
the World’s Most Famous Bear’. There is
nothing quite like author visits to get our
children interested in reading, writing and
understanding the whole creative process. They
inspire those with a love of writing and ignite
sparks to inspire others.
As always, the children and staff at Kew College
put their all into Book Day and show their own
creativity in the costumes that they wear.
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