World Book Day 2022
“Changes lives through a love of books and shared reading.”
On Thursday, the 3rd of March, World Book Day celebrated their 25th Anniversary all over the world, and Kinsale Community School was no exception. We celebrated World Book Day in a variety of exciting and creative ways.
World Book Day Tokens
Students were given their annual World Book Day Tokens, which allows students the opportunity to obtain new books on the World Book Day €1.50 books for 2022. The initiative behind the World Book Day tokens, as said by worldbookday.com “We want every child and young person to believe they are readers and to give them the opportunity to have a book of their own that they have chosen for themselves.” Below you will find a list of the books on the list that are available to our young readers, including two books that are specific to Irish reads only, entitled ‘Deadly! Irish History: Fun with the Celts and the Vikings’ by John Farrelly and ‘Cluasa Capaill ar an Rí’ by Bridget Bhreathnach and Shona Shirley Macdonald.
Book Recommendations for Students by Students!
Sometimes people find it hard to get into reading because they feel like they don’t know where to start. To celebrate World Book Day 2022, our students put together a list of recommendations based on books that they have read themselves that they really enjoyed. Some recommendations included the likes of ‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ by Mitch Albom, ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Mass, ‘The Test’ Autobiography by Brian O’Driscoll and ‘Little Women’ by Louisa May Alcott. The full list can be seen and access on our website and on our KCS Twitter Page, as well as the KCS English Twitter Page.
For more reading recommendations, check out the World Book Day website for the Top 25 Stories for Teens.
World Book Day and Sustainability
Our Transition Year students, Lucy McCarthy, Grace Monaghan and Ellen Crowley have been working on their Young Environmentalist Project over the last couple of weeks and have done a project on waste called ‘Why Art Thou So Wasteful’, where they gathered English Textbooks from transition year students and sold them to second year students to reuse books rather than the second years buying the books new. It is a great way to enjoy reading while still being environmentally conscious.
Promoting KCS Young Writers
This week, students showcased some of their own original work that they have been working on themselves. We have a variety of talented writers from first year right up to sixth year, from personal writers to short story writers to poets. Examples of work presented by some of our transition year students can be found on our website and on our KCS Twitter Page, as well as the KCS English Twitter Page.
‘Speed Dating’
On Thursday afternoon, Ms Houlihan’s 3rd Year English class participated in a ‘speed dating’ activity focused on reading and books for World Book Day. The students had two minutes to explain their favourite books before their time was up and they had to move onto the next person. A very fun and interactive way of learning something new about your classmates and getting some book recommendations.
‘Caught Reading’ Improv Reading Challenge
Students all over the school had a lot of fun this week participating in the ‘Caught Reading’ improv reading challenge. The aim of the challenge is to be photographed in a variety of random locations across the school and the community to promote reading for World Book Day. The students had a lot of fun with this challenge and they were very lucky with how nice the weather was to be able to complete the challenge. You will find some of the entries below.
