{"id":5057,"date":"2022-03-08T12:08:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/?p=5057"},"modified":"2024-03-24T21:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T20:04:32","slug":"world-book-day-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/2022\/03\/08\/world-book-day-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"World Book Day 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Swindon Soroptimists have donated books aimed at younger children, to the Drove Road Primary School.every year since 2015. <\/span><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">This year members Jackie Webb and Corrine Daycock delivered over 240 books to coincide with World Book Day on 3rd March 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\">The Soroptimists appreciate all the books donated by members, friends and relatives: both good quality second hand and new books obtained cheaply in bulk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2022\/03\/WBD3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5059 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2022\/03\/WBD3-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2022\/03\/WBD3-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2022\/03\/WBD3.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a>Jackie and Corrine were delighted to be able to take part in the morning&#8217;s events, albeit on screen via TEAMS, organised by teachers James Bower and Abby Pitkin, with James introducing the ladies and declaring \u201c The Soroptimists are on my Christmas card list now in view of all these books they have donated!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5061&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;5060&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Children and staff dressed up as their favourite book characters and the theme was based on The Masked Singer where teachers dressed \u00a0in masks to read stories and children had great fun trying to identify them.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Jackie spoke to all the children via an Internet link and later she and Corrine met in person individual children representing each year. As Jackie commented, \u201cIt is always a pleasure to be in the company of such well behaved and enthusiastic children who love reading\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">The teachers and children were all\u00a0 delighted with the books.\u00a0 Several said how <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: #26282a\">grateful they are for all the years&#8217; donations as reading is vital for children to progress.\u00a0 They<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\"> thanked us for our continued support and are looking forward to seeing us next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion James said &#8220;f<em>rom everyone at Drove we would like to thank\u00a0 Swindon and District Soroptimists for donating 240 books to add to our classroom book corners. We now have a wonderful selection of books to explore from Nursery up to Year Six. 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