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Is anyone's school NOT doing world book day?

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OhMyNoReally · 04/03/2013 21:20

We've moved house and schools since last years world book day. My dds last school had a dress up day, authors in, a themed menu and they were given a small book token.

But dds new school doesn't appear to be doing anything for world book day and this really disappoints me. So is this unusual or are other school not celebrating world book day?

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learnandsay · 04/03/2013 21:22

Our nursery asked the children to bring their favourite book in but so far the school has been quiet.

TapselteerieO · 04/03/2013 21:26

Dc's new school is doing classroom celebrations, not sure what that means, their last school did dressing up, prizes, and in class stuff.

mrz · 04/03/2013 21:32

We aren't doing anything special for World Book day

Smooshy · 04/03/2013 21:33

This is the first year that the primary school is doing dress up for book day. I have no idea why they've chosen to do it this year and haven't before.

footballsgalore · 04/03/2013 21:33

Maybe they do a book week at another time in the year? It's world book day, maths day and science day on three consecutive days so they could be doing one of the others?

Speedos · 04/03/2013 21:36

DS school isn't and didn't last year either. I think most of the other schools in the area are though.

RobinSparkles · 04/03/2013 21:37

Ours never seems to do WBD Confused they usually do something along similar lines ie. 2 years ago they had a "dress as a character from a book" but it was for a reading thing they had been doing and it wasn't anywhere near WBD. Last year they had been reading Aliens Love Underpants and they did an Aliens theme for a week. There was a spaceship on the school field and they all dressed as Aliens on the last day of term, before Easter. This year we haven't heard anything.

Shakey1500 · 04/03/2013 21:38

I've not heard anything yet. Mind you, if it's anything like last year, I will be hastily drawing some character at the nth hour, on a white t-shirt.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 04/03/2013 21:39

We aren't do dressing up, but they have a voucher and there will be books being sold after school.

mrz · 04/03/2013 21:39

Oh we gave out book tokens last week

BornToFolk · 04/03/2013 21:43

I don't think so Confused I haven't heard anything anyway but I suppose it's possible that the rest of the school is doing something, and just Reception isn't?

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 04/03/2013 21:46

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!

difficultpickle · 04/03/2013 21:56

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.

RedPencils · 04/03/2013 21:57

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

Hulababy · 04/03/2013 21:59

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.

ilovepowerhoop · 04/03/2013 22:02

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

Fuzzymum1 · 04/03/2013 22:03

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.

ilovepowerhoop · 04/03/2013 22:04

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

DeWe · 05/03/2013 09:39

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

Seeline · 05/03/2013 09:42

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.

InMySpareTime · 05/03/2013 09:47

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

GooseyLoosey · 05/03/2013 09:48

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

harryhausen · 05/03/2013 09:51

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!

harryhausen · 05/03/2013 09:53

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 exhaustedGrin

Could your school be the same OP?

sparkle12mar08 · 05/03/2013 11:00

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!