Favourite book characters come to life
Richmond Schools’ Room 13 teacher Jo Stevens and her class dressed in a selection of their favourite book characters. Photo: Anne Hardie.
Book characters came to life in Richmond last week as the entire Richmond School walked through the town dressed as princesses, wizards, Wally from Where’s Wally and even the evil queen in Snow White.
It was the first time since pre-Covid that the school has taken their book characters to the street and it followed a week immersed in the world of books.
Every day, librarian Jane Mitchell headed to school dressed as a different book character and children then guessed which character she portrayed.
A book fair was held throughout the week at school and children could also enter the Get Snapped Competition where they digitally placed a photo of themselves reading, into a picture from a book.
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Jane, aka the evil queen in Snow White on the day of the street parade, says the children had a great week, from reading and competitions to dressing up for the parade through town.
“The kids have loved it,” Jane says. “They’ve really embraced it and done loads of reading.”