World Book Day 2026

Tockwith CofE Primary supported World Book Day in various different ways.  We had a whole school assembly in the morning where Mrs Darley launched the days activities.  The children were to going to spend part of the day writing a page for a school book – The Day OPAL Quit, a brilliant take on the book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalk & Oliver Jeffers.

An example was shown to the children who then spent part of the day selecting their tool and writing their own version of it quitting.  I can’t wait to see some of the fantastic and creative writing our children will have come up with!

We also ran a competition to design a new book character. We had lots of entries and some fantastic ideas about what the book characters might wear, their special powers and the quests they were on.   The overall winners were Raya, with her design of two characters called Milo and Evi; Everly, who created a dragon called Rocky; Amy, whose character linked to our school values; Ben, whose character was engulfed in vines; Arthur, who designed Queen Malika and Poppy, whose character was a witch called Skye. 

Thank you to everyone who took part!   Amy, Harmony, Amy, Duncan, Reeva, Frankie, Mila, Eli, Lincoln and Jessie. 

The PTFA also sold Wonka chocolate bars which contained golden tickets.  The lucky children who found one will be taking part in special activities such as ‘Hot chocolate with Mr Reeve’, ‘Walk Neville with a friend’ and ‘Dancy party at break time’, to name but a few!