World Book Day 2009 - Harrogate Ladies’ College
Thursday saw another trip north to God’s own county. Harrogate this time - the posh bit of Yorkshire. It’s such a beautiful town with open green spaces in between its Regency buildings; beautiful once you’ve navigated the near gridlocked roundabout over the open green spaces that is…
At the school I was greeted by someone I thought must be either Pocahontas or Hiawatha but turned out to be Mrs Brady, the librarian. Once in the library she produced the rest of her outfit - a sturdy bit of cardboard with oak effect paneling (or as near to an oak effect a felt pen can achieve) - to reveal that she was, in fact, The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid-Banks. Clever, huh? They take World Book Day seriously at Harrogate Ladies’ College; so seriously I was asked to help to judge their truly wide, weird and wonderful creations. I wasn’t happy! How can you choose only one winner per year group when so much effort had gone into them all? Not fair, Mrs B. Here’s an example so you can see what I mean:
Year 7 set the standard...
The front row alone contained classics such as Alice in Wonderland, Pippi Longstocking, the White Witch (Narnia) and Toad of Toad Hall. Can you also spot ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ ‘Jane Eyre’ and Hermione Grainger? I thought the Y7 were impressive then along came the Y8s….
Y8s turn up the heat
The Phantom of the Opera competes with the Wicked Witch of the West (there were several Wizard of Oz combos) At the front, Jamie Oliver’s Cook Book chats to Alexander McCall Smith’s wonderful Precious Ramotswe from the No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. Two of the three blind mice get in on the act (I left the pink eyes in for authenticity - nothing to do with my rubbish photography skills, honest). I didn’t take photographs of everyone but I was so impressed. Throughout the school Rainbow Fairies abounded; The Mighty Boosh confounded and Count Dracula stalked the corridors….
Zelda (The Great Gatsby) has a chat in the staff room to the Indian without the cupboard
I bet drama productions at HLC are amazing! I drove home with such a smile on my face.