World Book Day 2026!

7th March 2026Miss K. Wilkinson

What an incredible day we’ve had celebrating World Book Day at West Boldon Primary! Our school has been filled with amazing characters from the wonderful world of books, and we have been blown away by the creativity and effort that has gone into the costumes. The children – and staff! – all look absolutely fantastic. From classic storybook characters to modern favourites, it has truly brought our love of reading to life across the school.

As part of today’s fantastic World Book Day celebrations, Mandy and her amazing catering team also created a truly magical Alice in Wonderland-themed lunch for all of our children! The dining hall was transformed into a wonderful Wonderland feast, and the food looked absolutely unbelievable. From the creative presentation to the delicious treats on offer, it was a lunchtime our children will definitely remember!

In the afternoon, celebrations moved outdoors to our fantastic fire pit area, where the children enjoyed a truly special reading experience. Wrapped up in the fresh air, they toasted marshmallows over the fire while chatting with friends about their favourite stories and characters.

The children also had the chance to relax with a delicious hot chocolate while spending time reading their books together — the perfect way to celebrate a day dedicated to the joy of reading.

Days like today are a brilliant reminder of just how important reading is. Reading opens the door to imagination, builds vocabulary, develops creativity and allows children to explore new worlds, ideas and adventures. Encouraging a love of books at a young age helps set children up with skills that will benefit them for life.

A huge well done to everyone for making such a fantastic effort today, and thank you to our families for helping create such brilliant costumes. We hope today inspires even more children to pick up a book and discover their next great story!

World Book Day 2024

7th March 2024Miss K. Wilkinson

We love reading at West Boldon Primary so we especially love world book day! The children (and staff) looked fabulous in their outfits and had a lovely day after Miss Ingoe’s class lead an assembly based on reading. We can’t wait for next year.

World Book Day 2022

3rd March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson
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This week we celebrated 25 years of World Book Day by coming to school dressed as our favourite book characters.

All around the school, children had a fantastic time completing activities related to World Book Day, reading with their friends and discussing their love of reading!

Here are some photos of us in our costumes…

 

Year 1

Year 1 children dressed for world book day Year 1 children dressed for world book day Year 1 children dressed for world book day

 

Year 2

Year 2 dressed up for World Book Day 2022 Year 2 children enjoying a story on World Book DayYear 2 children dressed for world book day
 

Year 3

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Year 4
Year 4 children dressed for world book day

Year 4 children dressed up for world book day

Year 6 children dressed up for World Book Day

Year 6 children dressed up for World Book Day

I have a dream…

28th January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

To finish their ‘I Have a Dream’ Culture unit, Year 6 have written speeches and shared them with the whole school as part of their class assembly.

I’m sure you’ll agree that their perfect worlds sound just incredible. Well done Year 6!

A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech A year 6 child's I Have a Dream speech

Year 6 Autumn 2 Focus Text

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

After completing our first novel, ‘My Dad’s a Birdman’, Year 6 will be reading ‘The Island’ by Armin Greder. This is a powerful graphic novel for all ages about how human beings respond to outsiders.

When the people of the Island discover a man and a tattered raft on their beach, they are reluctant to take him in. He doesn’t look like them. But they cannot send him back to the sea where he will surely perish. Instead, they put him aside but even that doesn’t solve their problem.

From this we will complete reading journal sessions where we will delve deeper into the meanings behind the book, improve our comprehension skills and look at the vocabulary. We will write a debate during our literacy lessons.

For a critical review on ‘The Island’ visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqTt2KWxZNA

My Dad’s a Birdman

2nd November 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 6 enjoyed reading My Dad’s a Birdman last half term. We learned about the lives of Dad and Lizzie and how they coped with grief by entering a Birdman competition. We wrote a character description, diary entry and a description of our favourite meal.

My Dad's a Birdman book cover

Year 6 Summer 1 Focus Text

29th April 2021Miss K. Wilkinson
This half term in year 6 we are focusing on ‘I was there.. Titanic’.
Class 13 are in the middle of writing their own setting description about the dock and seeing the Titanic for the first time.
We will also be looking at comparison texts, we will be comparing the first and third class passengers and how their experiences on the Titanic were so different.
To finish we will be writing our own survival stories, describing our experiences on the Titanic and what it feels like to have survived.

Class 12’s Powerful Poetry!

21st November 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Welcome to Class 12’s Poetry Gallery!

We were inspired by Tennyson’s ‘The Eagle’ to write our own poems. We used literary techniques, such as rhyming couplets and triplets, alliteration, powerful words and similes, to create an animal poem. Enjoy our creativity!