Hundreds of Haringey children take part in World Book Day
Publication date: Tuesday 9 March 2010
Haringey children have been reading stories in fire stations, garden centres, on buses, in churches and even in a radio station, to mark World Book Day.
On Thursday, March 4, hundreds of children from across the borough took part in activities organised by Haringey Council. The events were designed to encourage children to read and show how enjoyable it can be.
Schools and children’s groups from all over the borough took part, getting out into the community to experience reading in an exciting new environment.
So while pupils from Stroud Green Primary School were reading at Alexandra Palace, St Mary’s RC School pupils were told a story on an Arriva bus, South Harringay pupils were at Hornsey Railway depot, Broadwater Farm Children’s Centre visited Tottenham Fire Station and Coleridge pupils took their books to Arsenal football ground.
In total, 47 different reading events took place on the day.
Cllr Lorna Reith, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said:
“Books are the original portable entertainment; you really can take them anywhere. Through World Book Day children discovered that reading can be interesting and exciting wherever they are.”
The World Book Day activities formed part of the council’s Building Reading Communities Project, which is promoting reading in all of the borough’s primary and secondary schools.
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