READING sessions at a Southside nursery had a distinctly global feel this World Book Day (March 7).
Children at Shaw Mhor Early Years Centre were treated to stories read in Mandarin, Polish, Cantonese and Spanish as well as English.
Layla Yang, a parent at the early years centre, said: “I really enjoyed today. When the staff asked me to come in and read a story to the children in Mandarin I thought it was such a great idea.
“It encourages our children to develop a passion for reading and traditional storytelling in an inclusive way and to respect different languages. We all had a brilliant day.”
The whole city went book-daft on Thursday for the annual event, which aims to change lives through a love of reading. World Book Day provides £1 tokens to schoolchildren, which can be exchanged for books at participating retailers until March 31.
Schools and nurseries across Glasgow also enjoyed a themed menu by school catering company Green Gourmet, who dished up “shipwreck soup” and “fairytale fries” and more for the occasion. Catering staff at Shaw Mhor and Tinto Primary also dressed up as fun book characters.
Stephen Sawers, head of catering and facilities management at Glasgow City Council, said World Book Day promoted “the importance of good food and reading and learning to improve health and wellbeing” while Paul Williams, sales manager at Green Gourmet, added: “The Green Gourmet World Book Day theme day gives caterers the opportunity to promote reading and learning in a fun way through food and books. We support World Book Day’s charity mission of changing lives through the love of books and shared reading.”
Avaigha Foley-Fry, aged three, said: “I had lots of fun today reading different stories and there was yummy food too.”
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Nicola McKenna, depute headteacher, said: “We love reading here at Shaw Mhor, so World Book Day is a great celebration for us and feeds the imagination of our children making them more eager to learn.
“We have had lots of reading activities on this week and paired with our ‘poetic pasta’ it has been a fantastic occasion.”
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