Throughout the day students read extracts from famous murder mystery novels, used their creative skills to write their own detective stories & produced detective themed board games. 

Students also had the fantastic opportunity to listen to a live talk from the famous author Michael Morpurgo. 

"World Book Day has opened a lot of opportunities to learn about book genres outside of the regular curriculum." Yanna - Year 8 

“I very much enjoyed listening to Michael Morpurgo’s inspiration for writing War Horse.  I also enjoyed reading extracts from The Hound of the Baskervilles. This day has made me more interested in the crime and mystery genre.” Hayden A - Year 8

“It was really interesting to listen to Michael Morpurgo talk about his inspirations for writing War Horse.” Loredana.C - Year 8   

“World Book Day has given me inspiration to become a writer and wanting to be like Michael Morpurgo.” Simi.F - Year 8

“The day has inspired me to read more crime and detective books and also to write about them.” Andrew.J - Year 8

Click here to view photos of students taking part in World Book Day activities.