World Book Day in Year 6

Today was Chilcote’s World Book Day and Year 6, along with the rest of the school took a day away from their normal timetable for a day focused on reading. From the Demon Dentist to Where’s Wally, the children transformed themselves into their favourite characters, dressed in some fantastic and creative costumes.

The focus of World Book Day was ‘Performance Poetry so the day began with a whole school assembly, in which Serena Arthur, Birmingham’s Young Poet Laureate, joined us to share some amazing poems. After assembly Serena performed some more of her poems for Year 6 and the children were able to ask her questions about her role. It was incredible to have the opportunity to listen and learn from such a motivating 17 year old, especially as she began writing poetry in Year 6!

Each year group was given a famous poem to study, learn and then recite as part of a professional performance! Year 6 learnt a poem called If- by Rudyard Kipling which was written over one hundred years ago for the poet’s son. After practising in classes the children had the opportunity to share their work with Year 5 and watch their performances too. Hopefully we are going to perform If- to the whole school in an assembly soon. 

Below are videos of one of our rehearsals.