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World Book Week World Book day fever swept St Margaret’s not just on Thursday, but for the whole week as departments and form groups competed to see who could take a picture of themselves reading in the most unusual place. There is still time for students to enter this competition as the deadline has been extended until Monday. In English, Year 9s were to be found cuddled up in their duvets, blankets and sleeping bags – reading or sharing their favourite books in speed reading, an event which became a whole school event on lunchtime of World Book Day as Julia Whiting and Chloe Knott of Year 11 report: The library is abuzz with avid excitement. Mr Meeke is talking eagerly about his favourite books, Mrs Shaw is grasping her Pippi Longstocking toy and Mrs Frost is clutching her poetry book for dear life whilst enthusiastic children cause a commotion, grappling with their speed reading forms. Year 10 gave their impressions of Speed reading in their lessons: “Ever had a romance with a book?” Meanwhile, in Maths formulae were being given an unusual twist with poems and stories inspired by some of the books Mrs Searle had introduced to her classes. “The informative but somewhat tragic tale of Percy Pig” and variations on “Murderous Maths” brought a literary twist to the GCSE curriculum. In History, students in Years 8 and 9 have been working on creative writing for a national competition and English classes preparing for the “I have a dream” poetry competition, with workshops to come next week with Sixth Form students Hannah Bolt and Gabby Tanner. In the Nursery and Junior House similar World Book Day activities were also taking place. The children listened intently whilst members of the sixth form dressed as characters from famous children’s story books read to them. ‘The Cat in the Hat’ entertained in one corner whilst ‘Cruella Diville’ and ‘Where’s Wally’ kept others occupied elsewhere. Singing from the three blind mice and other such characters kept the nursery school amused and set them in good spirits for the rest of the day; as one pupil commented ’‘It was special because people don’t normally dress up to read stories’. Staff were not forgotten when Year 13 hosted a quiet moment for reading at breaktime in their new Sixth Form centre, complete with drinks from their new hot chocolate and coffee machine. The charity representatives set the school a tough challenge with the “Match the teacher with the book” competition, raising money for “Book Aid”, World Book Day has definitely encouraged the school to read more and has introduced different books from all genres that people may not have had an interest in before. A final thought provoking note from Mr Bergin who informed us that… “If T.S Eliot had been S.T Eliot then his name spelt backwards would have been toilets”, proving that everyone really did learn something new.
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