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Barnsley Football Club’s official charity, Reds in the Community are one of 97 professional football clubs across England and Wales to give away the free books to local primary schools, with 180 World Book Day books being gifted by the club to local primary schools in Barnsley as part of their Premier League Primary Stars delivery. McDonald’s Fun Football ambassador and Lionesses superstar, Beth Mead, hosted a special McDonald’s Fun Football session to celebrate World Book Day and mark 150 million books distributed by McDonald’s over the last 10 years. It comes as McDonald’s pledges to ensure even more children from across the UK will benefit from access to free books and free football coaching. Enjoy Roy of the Rovers author Tom Palmer being taken on by CBBC’s Ben Shires in this football reading quiz.
World Book Day promotes reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own as according to National Literacy Trust research, children who own their own books are nearly three times more likely to enjoy reading.Ten national and local opportunities that schools in the UK can take to mark the Armistice centenary this November. https://tompalmer.co.uk/10-ways-schools-can-mark-the-armistice-centenary-this-autumn/ Grey/silver dressing gown + spectacles + tassel hat + white/grey beard + hairband to go around middle of beard + magic wand 44. The Witch – Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: Adventure in the Floating Mountains, L.D. Lapinski, Hachette Children's Group It was great hearing from the kids about their favourite football memories and books – plus their costumes were fantastic! I hope it inspires everyone to keep enjoying their reading and football this World Book Day and beyond.” It featured fictional footballer Michael Blade who, as well as being "a soccer hero playing in the games of his life", just happened to be "a secret superhero fighting in the battles of his life... for the lives of everyone". Busy boy.
Light blue robes + light blue pointy hat + light blue pointy shoes + white wig + white beard + spectacles + wooden staff + toy owl (optional) 42. Gandalf – The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien The National Literacy Trust also has a number of online activities for children to take part in as well as teaching materials. BBC have collected some of their sport in wartime footage here. 1914 Footage of the Footballers’ Battalion
World Book Day costumes with football kit
Draw a landscape to colour in for the Armistice Runner characters here: Lily (running today) and Ernest (a trench runner in the First World War) here. Let’s face it – very few of us have the time, energy or inclination to conjure up a new outfit every year, so why not try repurposing something from another fancy dress party, or last year's Halloween costume? It's eco-friendly too! 10. Charlotte the Spider – Charlotte’s Web by E B White Skeleton outfit + red top hat with blue ribbon World Book Day costumes with a red and white stripy top 14. Wally or Wenda – Where's Wally? by Martin Hanford How to choose books you'll love - a fun animation to share with children to guide them through the process of choosing a book and inspire them to explore the bookshelves.
It was a long time ago, and I'm not sure I want to be reminded of how bad they were," author Bruce told Eurosport in 2013.Become one of Marcus Rashford's Breakfast Club Investigators with author Alex Falase-Koya and illustrator Marta Kissi.
Princess Eugenie reveals life in the public eye left her with 'issues around food' due to scrutiny over her appearanceJoin Football School authors Ben Lyttleton and Alex Bellos for a World Book Day 2022 quiz - includes questions from top ballers!
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