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Staff transform into literary characters

The literary world was represented in all its glory as staff took inspiration from their favourite characters for World Book Day.

The literary world was represented in all its glory as staff took inspiration from their favourite characters for World Book Day.

Almost 40 members of staff replaced their usual work dress with fancy costumes to celebrate and promote reading.

There were characters from many different genres as staff really got into the spirit of the day. The most popular books were The Wizard of Oz (as the Humanities department dressed as many of the central characters) and there were a number of Harry Potter characters – with Vice Principal Lisa Ling dressing as Hogwarts Headmistress Dolores Umbridge.

Librarian Debbie Trafford, who organised the event said: “There have been some fantastic costumes, with some staff even making their own creations.

“My particular favourites were Dolores Umbridge and Mr Dollis also looked great as Mr Darcy – complete with cravat.”

As part of the day, students took part in a quiz to guess all of the characters. All students were also given a book token which they could exchange in school for one of World Book Day’s reads.

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