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IT’S WORL                                   D BOOK DA                                      Y!
                                                                                                                                  IT’S WORLD BOOK DAY!





                                                                                                                                 World Book Day this year had a personal touch, with the students fully invested in creating
                                                                                                                               their characters and book covers. Seeing their creativity come through as they translated their
                                                                                                                               ideas into actual characters was amazing. The students participated in various class activities for
                                                                                                                               the day.


                                                                                                                               The class teachers included our amazing parents                               as they came in their
                                                                                                                               numbers to read to the students and com-                                          plete other activities
                                                                                                                               surrounding book day. We had Mrs Omo-                                               lara Akinwolere,
                                                                                                                               the owner of Lara Craft, come in to read                                             stories from her
                                                                                                                               book series on the adventures of Lara, a                                              fictional charac-
                                                                                                                               ter based on the Nigerian Context. The                                                students enjoyed
                                                                                                                               listening to her stories and also had                                                  the opportunity
                                                                                                                               to use technology by scanning the                                                      codes in the
                                                                                                                               book to listen to local sounds and dia-                                                lects.

                                                                                                                               To cap the day, we had books and

                                                                                                                              resources on sale, all manufactured by
                                                                                                                              Lara Craft. We thank our parents for
                                                                                                                              buying books for their children.

                                                                                                                              As Jacqueline Kennedy
                                                                                                                              Onassis said, “There
                                                                                                                              are many little ways to
                                                                                                                              enlarge your child’s
                                                                                                                              world. Love of

                                                                                                                              books is the best
                                                                                                                              of all”.




































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