This article is brought to you in part by St. Joseph’s Institution International School Malaysia (SJIIM).
There were many exciting firsts at St. Joseph’s Institution International School Malaysia this year and they just keep on coming. On March 2nd, wizards, princess’ and creatures of all shapes and sizes were the order of the day when the students from Nursery to High School celebrated SJIIM’s inaugural World Book Day.
From Harry Potter to Little Red Riding Hood to Tom Gates, the elementary school children and staff came to school dressed in costumes portraying their favourite book character and it was a dazzling sight to behold.
There was plenty ofmusic and storytelling and a special dramatic presentation of Roald Dahl’s ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ from the school’s drama co-curricular students. The high school students also joined in the fun and performed scenes fromthe ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘Matilda’, and ‘TheWizard of Oz’ tales in flashmobs around the school. Students engaged with a range of literacy activities designed to promote the love of reading – from designing alternative book covers to completing the World Book Day quiz.
In addition to all the activities, in true Lasallian spirit, the World Book Day proved to be another opportunity to teach SJIIM’s children the value of community and service. This was further shown with many of the children donating a previously loved book which was then collected for the less fortunate.
A version of this article was originally published in The Expat magazine (April 2017) which is available online or in print via a free subscription.
"ExpatGo welcomes and encourages comments, input, and divergent opinions. However, we kindly request that you use suitable language in your comments, and refrain from any sort of personal attack, hate speech, or disparaging rhetoric. Comments not in line with this are subject to removal from the site. "
