{"id":5181,"date":"2023-03-12T14:13:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T13:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/?p=5181"},"modified":"2024-04-15T02:58:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T01:58:58","slug":"262-books-donated-for-world-book-day-to-drove-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/2023\/03\/12\/262-books-donated-for-world-book-day-to-drove-school\/","title":{"rendered":"262 books donated for World Book Day 2023 to Drove School"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Swindon Soroptimists Celebrate World Book Day<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5185\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2023\/03\/World-Book-Day-donations-by-Swindon-Soroptimists-with-member-Jackie-Webb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5185\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2023\/03\/World-Book-Day-donations-by-Swindon-Soroptimists-with-member-Jackie-Webb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Club Secretary Jackie stands at the side of a table filled with books\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2023\/03\/World-Book-Day-donations-by-Swindon-Soroptimists-with-member-Jackie-Webb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2023\/03\/World-Book-Day-donations-by-Swindon-Soroptimists-with-member-Jackie-Webb.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Club Secretary Jackie Webb with some of this year&#8217;s donations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Swindon Soroptimists joined the children at Drove Primary School, Swindon, face to face at last, at their World Book Day assemblies.\u00a0 We donated a huge 262 books, filling an enormous table at the front of the hall, amazing the children as they filed in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Staff at the school dressed in \u2018Where\u2019s Wally\u2019 theme outfits, joining the array of colourful character costumes of the children and members Lydia, Jackie and Corrine joined in the fun at two assemblies, where the children had to identify the voices of teachers in a \u2018Masked Reader\u2019 competition. \u00a0Principal Bryony Bardwell received the biggest cheer from the children, after reading from \u2018Aliens Love Underpants\u2019!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5184\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2023\/03\/World-Book-Day-donations-by-Swindon-Soroptimists-with-member-Corrine-Daycock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5184\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2023\/03\/World-Book-Day-donations-by-Swindon-Soroptimists-with-member-Corrine-Daycock-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A long table, covered in books\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2023\/03\/World-Book-Day-donations-by-Swindon-Soroptimists-with-member-Corrine-Daycock-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/swindon-and-district\/files\/2023\/03\/World-Book-Day-donations-by-Swindon-Soroptimists-with-member-Corrine-Daycock.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">World Book Day donations with member Corrine Daycock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>English teacher Abby Picton led the assemblies and introduced us, with Lydia explaining who we were and the children delightedly thanking them for the books. \u00a0Swindon Club are grateful for all the books donated by members, friends and relatives: both good quality second hand books and new books obtained cheaply in bulk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Abby thanked the Soroptimists profusely, commenting \u201cMany of the children have few books at home, so having the chance to take them home encourages the love of reading\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 After the assemblies we were delighted to meet a select group of children and take photos, along with teacher Sinead in character, before the children returned to classes for more World Book Day activities!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Principal Bryony thanked the Soroptimists again, stating, \u201cWe are so grateful for your annual donations.\u00a0 It makes a big difference to be able to expose the children to such a wide variety of books, as this aids learning as well as a lifelong hobby\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5183\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a 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