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We are in London and not doing world book day. I passed lots of children going to other schools in the area dressed up as Spiderman etc and wondered what was going on. Also a little boy with Charlie written on a t-shirt who was having a shouting fit and refusing to move who was clearly not very impressed at something.

We did last year but apparently not this. HURRAH is all I can say.

We are in Scotland - dd's curent school do teh dress up thing - but previous school didn't. I think it maybe isn't such a big deal up here. Schools have so much to fit in anyway so I can see whay some won't want to do this.

Had the voucher but that's it

They haven't before (dd yr 2) but this year are doing a book swop. Thankfully no dressing up.

We've had the £1 voucher but the school aren't doing anything special (or certainly nothing that involves dressing up thank goodness).

They do try to limit the number of charity/dressing up activities - I don't think there is anything this term.

Ours never does anything (thankfully) we get the book tokens but that's it.

DD1's school has never done anything special in the 2.5 years she's been there. I was more than a little surprised to receive a note today informing me that it would be 'nice for the DC's to dress as their favourite character (or, thankfully) bring their favourite book in' on Thursday. Yes, wouldn't it just.... She'll be taking a book in as there's no way I can conjour up a Sali Mali costume with one day's notice (even if I had the inclination ).

Don't get me wrong I love books, as do my children - they each have an entire four shelf bookcase full of books in their own rooms, plus we have bookcases in every other room of the house. But I loath dress up and can't see what it has to do with World Book Day such that children are compelled to do it. Why can't they just go in their own clothes and take their favourite book? Why the dressing up?!

No but we are in Scotland last year we were in England. Maybe it's a regional thing? Still very disappointing though. I'm suprised there isn't more of a desire for schools to celebrate. Books are great and world book day is great way of getting kids enthusiastic about new books.

Ours aren't, thank god. I can't abide dress up/fancy dress days, far too much competative parenting going on, and ds1 hates being dressed up too, so it's a win-win as far as I'm concerned!

Just wanted to add, our scho have just had a lot of B list Olympic athletes in for a week of sport etc, and an OFSTED inspection so I think the school are slightly exhausted

Could your school be the same OP?

Ours varies year on year.

Some years they've had dress-up-as-your-favourite-book-character day etc, but not this year. Shame because the kids love it.

We're having the book tokens, a book fair, each child is bringing in a favourite book to read with a younger child. I think that's it.

Why don't you suggest some things OP on a comments form (we get given these all the time at parents evening etc)? It may be their just waiting for a creative person to suggest some stuff!

DD's school isn't either - she is very, very upset about it as she already had an outfit decided upon!

DS's school isn't doing anything, DDs is though.

Ours never does anything apart from the tokens.
They do their own book week later in the year when they have visiting authors, workshops etc. Not usually dress-up though - we have enough of those linked to the curiculum.

The infant school never does anything except the book token.
The juniors has their first dress up this year, usually does nothing.

p.s. our school has a book fayre at the parents night that is next Thursday so maybe that is their substitute for world book day

Our school makes a big deal of WBD. Tomorrow there is the bedtime story event – the children come back to school in their pyjamas with a teddy and blanket if they want at 6pm to have hot chocolate (provided by the PTA) and a bedtime story at a cost of £1. On Wednesday there is a secondhand children’s books sale and then a dress up day on Thursday for which we also pay £1. All money raised is going to buy books for the library.

ours never does (Scotland), thank goodness. They got the £1 tokens sent home though

My school is asking children to bring in a favourite story/poem about a bear, linked to curriculum.

Dd's class def not going anything. She's on a trip to London.

I think ours are getting tokens.
No dressing up though thank god

Ds's old school did nothing but did give out book tokens. Ds's new school does and it is a nightmare. Having said that I thought it was on 7th March but ds's school isn't doing it until 14th.

I know that something is going on in school (an author visiting rings a bell), but they are not asking us as parents to do anything.

That seems a perfect way to do it to me!