A WELLINGTON primary school has enjoyed not just World Book Day, but an entire book week, with tailored activities and fun for all.

In honour of this year’s World Book Day and the theme ‘Read your way’, St John’s C of E Primary School have celebrated a week of literature, learning classic children’s stories from The Jungle Book to Aesop’s Fables. Of course, there was also the chance for students and teachers to dress as characters from their favourite tales.

The children in every class learnt Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’, which involved reading the story, recreating characters and making props, practising speaking performances before each class retold a section of the story. This was then filmed and put together with each classes’ version to recreate the traditional, well-loved story.

This year, the whole school focussed on Aesop’s Fables. Each class studied a different fable and learned of their distinctive style and features, with each fable having hidden meanings and morals which helped the children’s learning and understanding.

To finish the day, the whole school took part in a book quiz. This involved the children joining their respective House Captains where they were tasked with answering questions based on books that were read and shared throughout the week.

This led to very close scores with three of the houses tied for first place and the fourth house just one point behind. Quizzing then commenced the following day with UKS2 to find the ultimate winner for this year.

Class teachers commented on the experience saying: “A real highlight of the quiz was seeing the children answering the questions with such passion, about the books they had shared within their class. It really showed how engaged the children are when listening to their class books, and how important sharing stories is at school as well as at home.”