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Watch again: World Book Day 2021 - Live Lesson

Join us for World Book Day to share a story

This very special Live Lesson for is aimed at helping primary pupils to celebrate books and share a story.

The 30-minute Live Lesson, hosted by C±«Óătv's Ben Shires and Bitesize Daily's Mr Smith and tied into key curriculum objectives for Key Stage 2/2nd Level, was live on ±«Óătv Teach and on the C±«Óătv channel on the morning of Thursday, 4 March 2021 at 11:30am.

Learn all about themes in stories and how to identify them, hear about some of the nation's favourite themes, and meet some of the incredible people that write about them. To wrap up the Live Lesson, a live question and answer session was held with comedian and author of the Little Badman series, Humza Arshad.

How to get involved:

  • Download our resources to accompany the Live Lesson here:

Click to view our word cloud that shows story themes sent in during the Live Lesson. Popularity is illustrated by word size - larger words are more popular themes.

Word cloud

Supporting resources from Twinkl

This Live Lesson is supported by free teaching resources from , additional materials that can be used before and after the Live Lesson to help extend the learning. Download today using the links below:

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