& stories from around the world

At the end of February staff, parents and students alike took part in a week of educational activities to celebrate UK World Book Day.

In Primary, students studied works from a range of different authors from around the world during their whole class reading lessons: Grace Lin (USA), Anh Do

(Vietnam/Australia), Swapna Haddow (New Zealand), and Mem Fox (Australia). Older Primary classes were also paired with younger Primary classes to enjoy some shared reading time.

Students and teachers had fun dressing up as their favourite book characters and taking part in the World Book Day Parade in the auditorium. Students were also challenged to re-create their favourite book character in potato form in the ‘Design a Potato Character’ competition.

In the Library, students donned their pyjamas for the ‘Snuggle Up and Read’ sessions, where many classes had stories read to them in Spanish, Japanese and Korean by parents from the BIS Hanoi Parent Book Club.

Our Secondary students also came to school dressed as their favourite book characters and took part in a Book Trivia Quiz prepared by Mrs. Hall and the House Captains. During a special World Book Day assembly, our teachers shared their favourite ever or favourite current reads with the students.

Secondary students also had DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time over the course of the week. Students and teachers enjoyed finding a comfy, quiet spot in the Library to read their own books.

We encourage all families to declare DEAR time in your house this weekend, or perhaps even once a week!

Nerilee Hall BIS Teacher-Librarian