WORLD BOOK DAY 2020

Our aspirational reading programme ‘The Matilda Awards’, organised by Mrs Besford in the English Department, saw double the number of participants this year. The closing date for submissions nicely coincided with World Book Day 2020 and was a fantastic way to celebrate the love of reading here at WGHS. This year Vienna Taylor, Aimee Woodhead, Hareem Ghouri and Eve Hunter achieved Bronze Awards. Silver Awards went to Lucy Simmons, Sascha Manomano, Lilly Pouliou, Amelia Parkin, Imogen Preston, Shriya Nagtode and Arianna Pascale and prestigious Gold Awards went to Zara Akhtar and Amelia Parkin.

Overall, the enthusiasm for World Book Day was incredible with students and staff wearing some amazingly creative costumes. The standard was high and there were so many wonderful entries. The winners this year included Eiliyah who came as Greg from Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Ellie, Phoebe, Imogen, Claudia as Mr Men characters; Grace as Paddington Bear; Elizabeth as Princess Fiona; Lucy, Zaina, Sienna and Charlotte as Goldilocks and the Three Bears; Eden as Jack and the Beanstalk; Anna, Olivia, and Ciara from Year 11 as Three Blind Mice and Aminta from Year 12 as Ifemelu from Americanah (written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie).