World Book Day 2024
For this year's annual World Book Day, the busiest day in the English Department’s calendar, we all went out with events and activities galore!
As always, we had our most enthusiastic readers dress up as their favourite book characters. This event took place on Thursday 7th of March 2024 and provided a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the joy of reading.
Anh Nguyen & Leandra Fadiga, Year 12 English Prefects
Let's Dress Up!
Year 7 and 8 in some brilliant costumes and with some great book/prop combos! Our favourite costume was the Frog Prince (front row - you can’t miss him!)
Year 12 English prefects and teachers join in on dressing up too!
Can you work out which character they are?
Ultimate Reading Competition
At BGS, World Book Day is a big deal, and we try to find extraordinary ways to celebrate it; and it usually involves a lot of healthy (yet fierce) competition. One such competition being… The Ultimate Reading Challenge. Students were asked to share a photo of themselves reading in a weird and wonderful location, and the winner was bestowed upon them a £10 book voucher!
Challenge Winner
Drake, Year 7
In Mr Gilmore's Office Under a chair
Post-it note Story Competition
Another one of our many competitions, students were required to write a short story on a post-it note and give their entries to Mrs Carey (the school librarian). While this may have seemed like an impossible task for many, a lot of students came through and there were a lot of creative and fascinating entries. After a lot of consideration and thought by a panel of Year 12 English Prefects...
The runners-up were Daniel and Aarush (both in Year 7)
Workshop with Ross Welford
Selected Year 7 students were invited to participate in a Creative Writing Workshop with Ross Welford - author of The 1000 Year Old Boy. Here, these students learnt directly from a published author various insights and knowledge of how best to express themselves through literature! Fun was had by all attendees, and it was a valuable experience for all!
This year, the Year 10s were able to take part in the Jack Petchey Public Speaking competition. Those who signed up were trained in writing speeches then performed these for their fellow peers.