BOOK WEEK 2022

KIS Book Week 2022 – Monday 28th March – Friday 1st April

‘Heroes and Villains’

Book Week 2022 is creeping up on us once more! We are planning a range of events and competitions across the school, all tailor-made for our SOPs so we can have just the right mix of safety and fun. Our theme this year is ‘Heroes and Villains’, so there’s plenty of scope for exciting costumes for Character Day- I’m thinking of all the marvellous villains from literature I could be! Here are the key events happening during Book Week and the ways in which you can all get involved.

Monday 28th March – Book Week 2022 Launch and The Big Read

The week will begin with a brief introduction from class teachers and form tutors to the events happening across the school throughout the week. This will lead into the Big Read, so it’s crucial to remember to bring a book or an e-reader!

Thursday 31st March – PJs Day

All students can come to school in their pyjamas to celebrate the joys of bedtime reading! In Primary, we’ll spend time making our pillow forts and blanket dens in class, so we can get cosy after lunch and read our favourite stories.

Friday 1st April- Character Day, House Day, and Primary Book Swap

Perhaps the highlight of Book Week! This is the day where staff, students – and maybe even parents! – come to school dressed up as their favourite book characters! I’m expecting excellence again this year, and for the school to be transformed into a stellar cast of great and memorable book characters. This year, we’ll be incorporating Character Day with House Day, with lots of activities for everyone to win House Points. We’ll be aiming to be ‘off screen’ as much as possible, and compete in physical, creative, and intellectual activities, followed by a Prize Giving and an End of Term House Assembly to see if Gaya, Sapi, or Sulug have won the day!

We’ll also be doing an SOP-friendly Book Swap in Primary, so dig out your old treasures of books to donate for this! For a successful Book Swap event, we are relying on every student to bring in ONE book each, in good condition, to donate. Please can you ensure it is handed in to their class teacher by Monday 28th March so we can have time to clean and quarantine them before Friday. Thank you very much.

Blast from the past! – Book Week photos from yesteryears

Extreme Reading Photo Competition

All students are invited to enter anytime over the next 5 weeks. All they need to do is submit a photo (by emailing it to me francescolbeck@kis.edu.my) of them reading a book in an unusual or unexpected place- The more unusual, the better! Entries will be judged by SLT and prizes distributed on Friday 1st April.

Book Memes

Love memes? Then make one about your favourite book and win prizes for it! Email your meme creations to francescolbeck@kis.edu.my for a chance to be the KIS Meme Lord.

Our other events

We will also be engaging in scavenger hunts in Primary Library lessons, book quizzes, a treasure hunt for Secondary students, and picture quizzes over the course of the week, as well as decorating our notice boards and doors to represent our favourite books. Students will also get a chance to record their favourite stories, and animate them if they choose, for Book@Bedtime for other students to enjoy. The ‘Guess the teacher’ competition will be happening again too, with a range of literary prizes to be won, as well as Book Master, and Drop it and Read.

We will look forward to seeing you over the course of Book week! If you have any questions about Book Week, or would like to get involved, please speak to your child’s class or form teacher or contact us directly.

Best wishes,

Ms Frances Colbeck                                            

Teacher- Librarian

Head of Key Stage 5