Books come alive

Lizahn Bowers|Published 2 years ago

Cannons Creek Independent Primary School ran several activities in the week leading up to World Book Day on April 23. Every day, the bell was rung at various times and pupils had to drop everything and read. They also teamed up with older or younger buddies to read together. There was a “readathon”, a book quiz and a collection drive for books that will be given to the needy. The week culminated in a parade with the pupils dressed up as book characters. Here are pupils dressed as Harry Potter.

Gemma St Jerry, Skyla van der Westhuizen, Caleb Februarie, Amara Bosch, and Nuah Ramlal dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat.

Teacher Annique Bester with Gemma Goldman (Grade 1), left, and Eva Meiring (Grade 3).

Pre-primary pupils, from left, Ava Nivision, Madison Jordaan, and Muhammad Raciet, shared in the fun.

Foundation phase pupils dressed up as various book characters, from left, Pepe Gomez Canaveras, Wyatt Hector, Khanyisile Ncwana, Abigail Spencer, Alison Mugwagwa, and Elijah Flandorp.

Staff dressed as nursery rhymes, from left, are Chrystal-Lee Jacobs, Megan Hector, Sharon Moore, Zoe Theunissen, and Marian Boonzaier