World Book Day a Page Turning Delight

Thursday 2nd March saw the College swarming with a host of characters and creatures from across literature. The day started with a colourful parade of pupils arriving to enjoy a day of book based activities paying a 10RMB donation to raise money for books for the students at Tianjin RuHui Rehabilitation Center for autistic children. Many pupils could be found throughout the day in the library taking Shelfies (pun intended) for our school display, or quietly writing their six word stories to enter into the Secondary School competition. Across the school teachers and pupils got into the spirit by dressing as a variety of different characters including a visit from The Phantom of the Opera and The Cat in the Hat, as well as decorating their doors with their favourite books. At break time teams from each of the house groups raced the clock and each other to complete a Young Adult Book themed Tarsia or puzzle game. The aim of the World Book Day is to encourage students across the world to read a greater range of books more regularly, and to this end we feel it was a success.