2018 Book Week

Gye Nyame explored the world of pirates in its entirety; they drew Jolly Rogers, designed their own skull and crossbones, hunted on the internet for interesting Pirate Treasure maps and drew pirates in all forms. They had much fun and hilarity as they learnt two pirate poems and the words for our Pirate skit. Nyansapo created a sketch based on their selected book and found interesting ways for their parents to partake in the Book Assembly.

On Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon, the Student Council and the senior class visited the Methodist Junior High School in Kenyase and the Noble Family School to spread the love of reading and books.

At Story Time, the focus was on encouraging children to expand their reading horizons and to appreciate a good story. After line-up each morning, the school community headed to the Library, sat back and enjoyed fascinating stories such as:

• “I lost my tooth in Africa” written by Penda Diakité and illustrated by  Baba Wagué Diakité 
• Grandma’s Smile, written by  Randy Siegel and illustrated by Dyanne Disalvo
• The Selfish Crocodile, written by Faustin Charles and illustrated by Michael Terry
• Ananse’s Party Time , written by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Janet Stephens

The assembly  began with story time; the Principal read Imaginary Fred (written by Eoin Coffer and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers) to the enjoyment of the audience. This was followed by class performances. Sankofa performed the song rendition of their book, Head to Toe, they repeated moves in the book and came up with their own such as hopping on one leg, jumped with arms outstretched, bounced and catch balls etc. 

Nkyinkyim enacted Chapter two of the Hamish and the Gravity Burp by Danny Wallace and performed a sketch of the scene where the community had to meet in a School Hall to talk about their unusual experiences concerning everything being anti-gravity. A terrifying noise is rumbling through the sleepy town of Starkley and having a peculiar effect on the residents. Gravity has gone into reverse and the poor townsfolk are floating skyward, helplessly trying to grab onto whatever they can in order to slow their ascent. They also sang the Gravity song by The Zorbits.

Gye Nyame presentation at the Assembly contained many interesting Pirate facts and the students enjoyed acting like intoxicated pirates after drinking too much grog, before they performed their song, “What Shall We Do With the Drunken Pirate?”. Their poems were delivered with expression and gusto.

Nyansapo’s production was based on "The Giver", a morally driven and interesting story about a young boy called Jonas who lives in a society devoid of crime and sadness. They challenged the audience to choose between living in a place of “sameness and difference’ after which they assigned their parents a variety of intriguing jobs from Day Care Operator, Donald Trump’s Personal Assistant, First woman on Mars, Birth Mother and Seamstress. They finished off by singing John Lennon’s “Imagine”.

Our Book Week is getting even more enjoysble each year and we could not have chalked the successes without the incredible support of staff, parents and friends of the school. Mrs. Ruth Kintzel deserves special mention for most of the pirate costumes and Ms. Amy for the face painting. Well done to all the children for such a wonderful effort! Until we come your way with another wonderful book week, keep celebrating books throughout the year.