Trent College Gears Up for World Book Day
Trent College in Long Eaton always makes a real effort for World Book Day, and this year will be no exception. In preparation for the day on Thursday 4th March, pupils at Trent College’s Junior School, The Elms, have enjoyed a visit from a local children’s author, who inspired them to get reading!
On Tuesday 9th February, children from The Elms Nursery, Reception and Year 1 classes had an exciting morning with a visit from Nottingham based picture book author and paper engineer Jonathan Emmett. Mr Emmett, who is well known for his colourful and captivating pop up books, shared a selection of his books with the children, including Emergency Rescue, Someone Bigger, Tom’s Clockwork Dragon and The Santa Trap. They even had a sneak preview of two brand new books which aren’t available in book shops yet!
After reading his stories to a captivated audience, where it was compulsory for the children to join in at the appropriate moment with animal sounds, Mr Emmett signed the story books bought by the children, resulting in happy faces all round. Both the children and the teachers had the opportunity to learn more about Mr Emmett’s job as a ‘paper engineer’ with a demonstration of how to create their very own pop-up frogs, which is not as easy as it seems.
Still to come this term, the Elms are looking forward to a visit from Andy Cope, another established, talented author who is best known for his ‘Spy Dog’ books, which are beloved by children between 6 and 10 years old. Years 2-5 will have the opportunity to take part in some creative writing with him and best of all: he'll bring his dog!
Talking about the visit and the importance of reading at both Schools, Annike Dase, Head of Library Services said: ‘At The Elms we know how important reading for pleasure is for happiness and success in life and every pupil in the school will be meeting an author during every academic year. The libraries at The Elms and Trent College work together to encourage all of our students to read for pleasure and enjoy literature from the very first picture book up to Booker Prize winners. It has now become traditional for pupils from both Schools to join together to celebrate reading on World Book Day, and we’re looking forward to another fun day full of book related activities.’