Therfield First School pupils celebrate World Book Day

Children came into school dressed as book characters, and the day started with a 'Character Catwalk' in the assembly hall.

Children dressed up as Harry Potter characters for World Book Day (Image: Therfield First School)

Pupils strutted down the red carpet in the way that their book character would, stopping to pose at the end for the paparazzi.

Headteacher Tara McGovern, who dressed as Snow White, said: "We saw a range of animals walking on all fours, superheroes with energy in abundance and we even had dancing fruit from the popular children’s book Kitchen Disco!"

An assortment of animal costumes on World Book Day (Image: Therfield First School)

Retired Therfield teacher and former English lead Sandra Jordan then led a whole school assembly with her rescue dog Breeze.

Mrs Jordan explained that she is writing a book about Breeze's adventures, but needs help drawing the illustrations.

Pupils then attended an illustration masterclass before creating their own illustrations to accompany the book's pages.

Therfield pupils showing off their superhero costumes on the catwalk (Image: Therfield First School)

Max Lewis, eight, said: "I drew a picture of Breeze building a den at the Royston Heath and eating an ice-cream. It was the best day ever being an illustrator!"

By the end of the day, they were able to publish 15 completed books, which the pupils will take down to the village pre-school to read to the younger children.

Six-year-old Florence Oram said: "I loved illustrating Mrs Jordan’s book about Breeze the dog.

Mrs Jordan brought in her rescue dog Breeze (Image: Therfield First School)

"I drew Breeze at Buckingham Palace because we had been learning about London in class. It was an amazing day!"

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Teachers then read stories to pupils, and after school there was a pre-loved book sale.

George Clarke, nine, said he was really hoping to find a Tom Gates book - which he found and, according to his mum, did not put down all weekend.

Children had a go at creating their own illustrations (Image: Therfield First School)

School secretary Sarah Jackson said: "The school was alive with the excitement of everything books. Both the staff and children had such a memorable day."

Tara added: "It was really lovely to focus on illustrations this year. We have some very talented artists in school who can sometimes struggle with their writing.

"What a wonderful opportunity for them to excel in an English-themed day."