WORLD BOOK DAY- Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is WORLD BOOK DAY! Remember to come in costume (with a suggested donation of £1 for Book Aid International) and bring in your book for the Book Swap!

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Every morning before school this week (from 8:30- 8:50am) we will be setting up the hall for you to come in and read with your dad (or brother, uncle, grandfather, or mum!) You can bring in your favourite book, or there will be some books and magazines available for you to read. There will be lots of comfy cushions and chairs for you to settle in and read together!

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TOMORROW, you can come into school dressed as a character from a book. Everyone at school (including the adults!) will be in costume. It will be a fun day with a special assembly, so we can all see your fabulous costumes! We have suggested that you could donate £1 to a wonderful charity called 'Book Aid International'.

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Remember to bring in a book from home that you have read and are finished with. Don't buy a new book, just bring in an old one. We will then put them in our special box and swap them, so you will get to take home a different book, to keep! If you don't have a book at home that you can bring in, come and talk to us about it- we have lots spare!

An Eggs-tremely Eggs-iting Day!

What a peculiar day! This morning, when we arrived at school, we had received a special URGENT letter from the Government Department for Unusual Creature Knowledge (D.U.C.K.). A Professor F. E. Athery had written to us asking for our help:

These letters appeared, along with some rather unusual feathers, in every classroom and in the office. We also found multi-coloured feathers all around the school, even on the Welcome to St. Anthony's sign!

But, perhaps strangest of all, there were four enormous mysterious eggs in the hall! Two had hatched, but there was no sign of the creatures that had been inside them.

We spent the day investigating and coming up with some fantastic theories about what the creatures might look like, why they had chosen our school to hatch and where they might have gone now!

Everyone in the school, from Nursery to Year 6 (and even some of the adults!) did some writing about the eggs or the mysterious feathered creatures. Some children thought they were dragon eggs, some thought they had arrived from space and some thought they might be reptile-bird crosses! Year 5 suggested that the eggs might have arrived in the hall through the sky light, which was immediately above where they were found. Some children thought they might have come from our Escher Lego picture, or that they had chosen to hatch next to our world map so that they could find their way home.

We will add lots of photos of the eggs-iting day later this week and we will choose some of the best pieces of writing to share on the blog and display on our 'Inspiring Writing' board outside the hall, between the Year 2 classrooms.

Here are a few marvellous pieces to capture your interest...

 By Charley, Year 1

 By Estelle, Reception

By Harry O., Reception

BOOK WEEK!

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This week is an exciting one at St. Anthony's, but you may be wondering why. Well, this week is Book Week, and to celebrate we've got loads of fun events on. As always, World Book Day will be taking place; we can't wait to see your costumes! In addition, we've got competitions with cool prizes up for grabs, and reading events that you won't want to miss! All of this is to inspire you to get reading, and we want to make it our best year yet- so pick up that book!

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Don't forget the BOOK SWAP! Bring in a book that you don't want any more, then on Thursday you'll be able to take a new book home!

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Also, remember to keep your eyes peeled for anything unusual- you know how St. Anthony's is rather prone to getting odd visitors...

Book Week... Next Week!

We are all very excited about Book Week- we hope that you are too! Thank you for all of the Mystery Reader photos we have received. You can see them in the hall; can you guess who they all are?! If you would like to enter, but haven't yet done so, please bring in your photograph on Monday!

We hope that we will see lots of you at 8:30am every day next week in the hall for 'Dads' Reading'. Bring a book and a male relative (although ladies are very welcome too!); find a comfy place to sit and settle in to start your day with a book!

On Thursday, the whole school will be dressed up as our favourite book characters! We'll have a special assembly to celebrate all of the wonderful costumes and to read this year's school story. We will also announce the winners of the 'Mystery Reader' competition!

During the week, you will also have the chance to enjoy some Buddy Reading. Year 5 will be joining the Nursery, to pair up and read together! You will have the chance to read a story to a child from the Nursery and they might want to share some books with you too!

Mystery Reader Competition!

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It's nearly Book Week at St. Anthony's! We will be celebrating with another fun photo competition. Last year's Extreme Reading was incredibly exciting and we had some wonderful entries!

This year's challenge is called 'Mystery Readers'.

What you need to do:
1. Pick your favourite book.
2. Create a disguise and pick an interesting location for your photo. Remember you must be safe- ask an adult to help you and don't take any risks.
3. Cover your face with your favourite book. You might also try wearing a mask!
4. Ask an adult to take a photograph of you, with your face covered safely.
5. Print the photo.
6. Write your name on the back.
7. Hand it in to Mrs Parrott ASAP!

Some inspiration:

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The entries will be on display in the hall and the winners from each phase group will be announced in assembly on World Book Day; Thursday 3rd March.

Good luck!