We Celebrate World Book Day

World Book Day was a very busy day in our school. All the classes in the school worked hard to prepare for the activities which were planned for this very special day. Our reporters Jill, Jennifer, Derek and Timothy went around to all the classes to find out what they were up to on the day. Here is their diary of the day.

The pupils in the Early Start coloured beautiful butterflies and gingerbread men. The butterflies were really eye-catching. Their parents came in during the day and read stories to them. They also put on a lovely book display in the hall of all the books they had read. The infant classes visited the library and read some books while there. They also coloured some beautiful pictures, which they displayed in the hall. Their pictures were based on their favorite fairy tales. First classes coloured pictures of their favorite nursery rhymes. They also had a storytime and poetry reading.

The second classes were very busy all week preparing their books for display in the Hall. Ms. Meaney's produced wonderful books which they decorated themselves. Ms. McCarthy's 2nd class made books all about spring and wonderful weekends. Mrs. Hedderman's class wrote a review of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Each of the pupils also made books for everyone to read. All the wonderful books were then put on display in the hall. They invited guests in to read their books on the day. Ms. Horan's class also displayed their handiwork in the hall. They designed their own books and binders. They looked splendid. They also read books to their parents, brothers and sisters and wrote a report on what they had to say about the book. Leonard Browne a bookbinder also visited their class and spoke to them about how books are bound. He showed them some of the tools of his trade. The class really enjoyed the day.

	Mrs. Bermingham's class told each other about the books they had read and showed off their painting of the books.
	Ms. Maâgli's class drew picture to go with the poems they had written during a workshop they had with Liz Weir.
	Mrs. Horgan's class compiled a book reports folder which they bound and displayed in the hall. They also visited the library and completed a quiz based on the local library.
	Ms. Murphy's 4th class produced their own beautifully illustrated book. It was called 'Attack of the Vikings'.

	The traveller classes put on a display of their work in the hall. They had beautiful paintings of caravans, maps of the places they like to visit around the country and profiles of themselves.
	Ms. Sheehy's class did a project on interesting facts called 'Did You Know?' Ms. Ford's class produced a book of their favourite poems which they illustrated
	Ms. White's 6th class had parents and techers in to compare school days of the past to school days today. They compared such things as getting to school, homework,uniforms and the subjects they had to do in school. During this discussion the children heard about going to school by boat, going to school in Blackpool and going to school in Scotland.
	Mrs. O'Carragáin's class held a poetry reading session with Ms. Harvey's 4th class present. The class read the poems they had written during the visit of the poet Declan Lucey. After the poetry reading they wrote some pyramid poems together. Some of the poems were also included in a special World Book Day email project which involved other schools throughout the country. This project was called World Book Day Poetry Book.
	Maria O'Donovan,who is the editor with Collins Press came and spoke to Ms. Collins and Mrs. O'Carragáin's classes. She told them all about publishing books,from the moment they first receive the book from the author to when it appears on the bookshelf.
	Finally,last but not least, Mrs. Lovett's class displayed a selection of beautiful bookmarks which they made themselves under the watchful eye of their teacher. They explained to the younger pupils how they had created these wonderful bookmarks.

All the boys and girls of our school really enjoyed World Book Day.
Well done to one and all!