Children dress up to celebrate World Book Day from home

At Stanborough School in Welwyn Garden City, yesterday started with an online book quiz and ended with Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) a book time.

Zoe Armitage, Stanborough's deputy headteacher as Wally (Image: Stanborough Secondary School)

Students were also encouraged to get involved in a number of other ways including dressing up as their favourite book character, carving vegetable book characters, and writing their own flash fiction’ – six-word stories and 280 characters ‘Twitterature’ novels.

Saffron Newman, Stanborough's year leader for Year 8 as Gangsta Granny (Image: Stanborough Secondary School)

Merry John, the headteacher, said “We were determined not to let lockdown get in the way of this important event.

"We have a strong focus on reading as a school with all Year 7 students taking part in the Accelerated Reader scheme so we know that many students have continued to read during the lockdown period. It was fantastic to hear of so many students from all the year groups getting involved at home during the day in a range of imaginative and fun ways.”

Bobby, the elephant, Hall is two-years-old and attends Munns Farm Day Nursery in Letty Green, near Welwyn Garden City (Image: Victoria Robinson)

Oscar, the lion, Hall is two-years-old and attends Munns Farm Day Nursery in Letty Green, near Welwyn Garden City (Image: Victoria Robinson)

Zahra Retibi, 9, from Welwyn Garden City's Applecroft Primary School (Image: Victoria Barber)

George, four, and Hallie Carpenter, six, dress up for his sister's zoom call with classmates at St. Mary’s CE Primary School in Welham Green. (Image: Lucy Carpenter)