📖 Every great story has an ending...published at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Thanks for joining us
The Live Lesson is available to watch again on the BBC Teach website and on BBC iPlayer.
Summary
Welcome to the World Book Day - Live Lesson, live from 11:00
Hosted by Naomi Wilkinson and Joe Tasker from Bradford, 2025 UK City of Culture
Resources for today's Live Lesson
Email your shout-outs to [email protected] with World Book Day in the email heading, or use #BBCLivelessons
📖 Every great story has an ending...published at 14:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Join us for the next Live Lesson on Monday, 10 Marchpublished at 14:37 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
British Science Week 2025 – Space Live Lesson
Join us for a special KS2 science Live Lesson during British Science Week, hosted by Grace Webb and Greg Foot where we find out what it takes to become an astronaut.
British Astronaut Tim Peake, will be our mission commander, setting curriculum-linked tasks for 7-11 year-olds to join in with throughout the lesson.
The Live Lesson will be available to watch on Monday 10 March 2025 at 11:00 on the CBBC channel and from 09:00 on this page.
📖 And that’s a wrap on our World Book Day story! Thanks for reading with us!published at 14:22 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
- Key Stage 2 at Highweek Primary School in Newton Abbot, Devon
- 3HW at Croftway Primary School in Blyth
- Maple Class from Swallowfield Primary School in Milton Keynes
- Scorpius Class at Padnell Junior School in Waterlooville
- Year 3 from Ridgefield Primary School in Cambridge
- Tigers Class from Capel-le-Ferne Primary School in Kent
- Great Paxton Primary School, Cambridgeshire
- Year 6 at St Thomas of Canterbury School in Guildford
- Sequoia Class at Bevington Primary School in West London
- 6EC in Whitehouse Primary School in Milton Keynes
- Flitcham Primary School in Norfolk
- Year 3 Class at Prendergast Primary in Lewisham
- P4 from St Comgall’s Primary School in Bangor, County Down
- Year 6 at Glemsford Primary Academy in Suffolk
- Chapel End Junior Academy in Walthamstow, London
- Year 4 at Waterside Primary Academy in Chesham
- Bankfoot Primary School in Bradford
- Slyne-with-Hest St Luke's Primary School in Lancaster
- Year 6 from Henhurst Ridge Primary Academy, Burton on Trent
- Fletewood School in Plymouth
- Woodpecker Class at Stratford-Sub-Castle Primary School in Salisbury
- Penguins Class at Knockhall Primary School in Greenhithe, Kent
- Year 5 from Whitehouse Primary in Stockton
- Cherry Class at Whitby Heath Primary in Ellesmere Port
- Year 4 at Hildrethorpe Primary School in Bridlington
- Class 5MM at Stanford Juniors' school in Brighton
- Year 5 at Copmanthorpe Primary School in York
- Year 5 at All Saints' C of E in Leeds
- Bishop Carpenter Primary School, Banbury Class 3
Kestrel class have been sharing their favourite bookspublished at 14:22 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Image caption, Home Farm Primary in Bradford
Thanks for joining us!published at 13:54 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
- Outwood Junior Academy Brumby in Scunthorpe
- Trinity Primary School in Jersey, Channel Islands
- Newport Primary School in East Yorkshire
- Dollis Primary School in Barnet
- Year 3 Broughton Junior School in Aylesbury
- Year 5 at Millbrook Junior School in Kettering
- Barnston Primary on the Wirral
- Beech Class at Offwell C of E Primary School in Devon
- Aspen Class at Rectory CE Primary School in St Helens
- Shout out to Vale Primary School Guernsey
- P5 class from The Armstrong Primary School in Armagh, Northern Ireland
- The Cranbourne Primary School in Hertfordshire
- Year 3 from Broadclyst Community Primary School in Devon
- Class 5N at Friars Grove Primary School in Essex
- Year 4 at The Grove in Melton Mowbray
- St Martin’s School in Folkestone
- Coed Glas Primary School in Cardiff
- Westbourne Primary School in West Sussex
- Staffin Primary School on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
- East Farleigh Primary School in Kent
- Aith Junior High School in Shetland
- Year 3 and 4 at Bowmandale Primary School in North Lincolnshire
- Green Class at Brick Lane School in London
- Class 3 from Ramshaw Primary School in Durham
We're so pleased 😊published at 13:41 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Quote MessageLoving the Live Lesson dressed in our book day costumes and ready for the live.
Civitas Academy, Reading
📚 As we close the book on today’s feed, a huge thanks to all our schools!published at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
- Year 5 at Red Rose Primary School in Chester-le-Street
- Year 4 at New Mills Primary School in Derbyshire
- Acre View Primary School in Lydiate
- Hezlett Primary School, Castlerock, Northern Ireland
- Stanburn Primary School in Stanmore
- Goldfinch class at Prudhoe West Academy in Northumberland
- Primary 7 at Chirnside Primary School in the Scottish Borders
- Class 4 at Bollington Cross in Cheshire
- Melody is home educated in Nottinghamshire
- Crossley Street Primary School from Wetherby
- Year 6 (Chestnut and Cherry classes) at William Ransom Primary in Hitchin
- Oak Class (Y5/6) Lea C of E Primary School, Ross-on-Wye
- Barnes Farm Primary school from Chelmsford in Essex
- Ocklynge Junior School in Eastbourne
- Year 4 at St Patrick's in Corsham, Wiltshire
- Year 4 at St Lawrence College Junior School in Ramsgate
- Airlie Primary School, Kirriemuir
- Brancaster Class at Greyfriars Academy, King’s Lynn
- Year 4 at St Francis Primary in Maldon, Essex
- Willow Class from Perryfields Primary in Oldbury in the West Midlands
- Mr McNichol and Primary 4M at Onthank Primary in Kilmarnock
Want to continue learning after the Live Lesson?published at 12:57 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Take a look at our teaching guide for follow-up activities.
It's great to see how many of you love reading!published at 12:51 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Quote MessageWe are reading 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark' by Jill Tomlinson. We love to read! Our school has had a book sale today and we have lots of fun activities planned for our day!
Mrs Hill and Primary 3/2 class, Dykehead Primary School, North Lanarkshire Scotland
Thanks so much for getting in touch!published at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
- 3NM from St Oswalds School in Liverpool
- Primary 3 at Dykehead Primary School in Shotts, Scotland
- Year 3 Apple class at Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley
- Year 5 from Roman Way Primary School in Andover
- Class 4 from St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Knaresborough
- Year 5/6 Tawny Owls from Castle Park in Kendal
- Deer Class at Stanton Primary School in Derbyshire
- St Peter’s Primary School in Wallsend
- Langley Moor Primary school in Durham
- Class 2, Mrs Turpin and Mrs Pugh at Much Marcle Primary School in Herefordshire
- Coverack Primary School in Cornwall
- St Joseph and St James's Primary School in Poyntzpass
- Year 6 at Higher Openshaw Community School in Manchester
- Summerfields Primary School on the Isle of Wight
- Year 4 at Brookfields Primary in Hockley, Birmingham
- Year 5 at Portsmouth High Prep School in Portsmouth
- St Patrick's Primary in Cleator Moor
- 6P in Tollgate School in Eastbourne
- Burnwood Community School in Stoke-on-Trent
- St. Bega's Catholic Primary School in Hartlepool
- Ironville Codnor Park Primary in Debyshire
- Year 3 at Mosborough Primary School in Sheffield
- Primary Seven at Damhead Primary School in Coleraine
- Falmouth Primary Academy in Cornwall
- Batt School in Witney, Oxfordshire
- Stainton Primary School, near Penrith
- Year 2 at Birds Bush Primary School in Tamworth
- Heriot Primary in Paisley, Scotland 4R from Staines
- Prep School in Staines-upon-Thames
- Abbotsford Prep from Urmston
- Primary 4B from Lynburn Primary School in Dunfermline
- Willow Class at the Bishop's in Thetford
- Year 6 at St. Chad's Catholic Primary School in Birmingham
- Year 6 Sapphire from Whitings
- Hill Primary School in Barnet
- P4/3 from Forehill Primary in Aberdeen
We hope you liked reading along!published at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Quote MessageHello from Year 4 and 5 at Thetford Grammar school!!! We are so excited for the big read.
Year 4 and 5 at Thetford Grammar School, Norfolk
How many libraries do you think we could fill with all of your recommendations?published at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Quote MessageWe are enjoying an old novel- The Magic Wishing Chair! We are loving the different adventures 😊
P2 at St John’s Primary in Ayr
Quote MessageWe are reading Wonder, by R.J Palacio and are learning lots about Treacher Collins Syndrome. We have all come to school today dressed as a word that means something to us.
Red Rose Primary School in Chester-le-Street
Quote MessageOur class novel is ‘The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale’ by Ben Miller. We absolutely loved his book, ‘The Boy Who Made the World Disappear’, so our class wanted to read another of his books. Happy World Book Day everyone!
P5 from Sullivan Prep in Holywood
Quote MessageWe are currently reading the text 'The Lonely Beast' by Chris Judge. We have also recently enjoyed listening to stories about Fat Stanley and non fiction texts by David Attenborough.
Cassop Primary School, Durham
Quote MessageWe love a whole range of books but we are currently enjoying reading books by the author Ros Roberts who has visited our school and is working with us to write our own books as part of Shropshire Book Fest. We also love the author Emma Carroll and we are reading her fabulous Secrets of a Sun King as a whole class as part of our learning in English and History.
Year 5 class from Lilleshall Primary School in Telford
Quote MessageWe are really enjoying the set of rabbit and bear books at the moment written by Julian Gough. We love the humour of these books, especially the mention of the black, floppy carrot in book one. These books have us in stitches of laughter. Happy World Book Day 🎊
Class 2H, Miss Harbach's class at Russells Hall Primary school in Dudley
Quote MessageOur Year 3 class are reading Escape from Pompeii.
Frances Olive Anderson Primary School in Lea
Quote MessageClass 3 are reading 'Krindlekrax' by Philip Ridley. One chapter is never enough - we'd read it all day if we could!
Class 3 at Culmstock Primary School, Cullompton
What an excellent display 🐞published at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Quote MessageWe are Year 5 and 6 from Great Ponton Primary School in Lincolnshire. The books we are reading at the minute are 'Beetle Boy' by M. G. Leonard and 'Beowulf'. For World Book Day we have decorated our classroom door using Beetle Boy as our inspiration – we all decorated a teacup and designed our own beetle to go on it.
Year 5 and 6 from Great Ponton Primary School, Lincolnshire
So many books to choose from 📚📚📚published at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Quote MessageWe love reading. Our current class novel is 'The Danger Gang' by Tom Fletcher. We are enjoying Franky Brown's adventures with his new friends in his new school, we definitely recommend this book to everyone.
Year 4 Class from Aughton Christ Church Primary School
Quote MessageWe are reading 'Turtle Moon' by Hannah Gold and really enjoying it! They previously read 'Gangster Granny' by David Walliams and loved it!
P3/4 at Leith Primary School in Edinburgh
Quote MessageWe have just finished 'The Hodgheg' by Dick King-Smith and are now reading 'George's Marvellous Medicine' by Roald Dahl.
Primary 5 class from Newbuildings P.S. in Londonderry
Quote MessageWe are reading 'Cirque Du Freak (The Saga of Darren Shan Book 1)' by Darren O'Shaughnessy. Big shout out from their teachers!
Year 6 at Polam Hall School, in Darlington
Quote MessageWe are reading 'Max and the Millions' by Ross Montgomery. We are looking forward to our Live Lesson.
Year 3 will be watching from Whitchurch Primary School in Tavistock
Quote MessageWe are currently reading 'Freedom' by Catherine Johnson. Other books we have read as a class this year are 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' by John Boyne and 'Wonder' by R J Palacio .
Primary 7/6 will be joining from Mount Vernon Primary School in Glasgow
Quote MessageWe are reading 'Cinderella of the Nile' by Beverley Naidoo and 'The Ancient Egypt Sleepover' by Stephen Davies.
Year 3 at Bootham Junior School in York
Quote MessageWe are currently reading Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis. We are hoping that we get to see the local nesting pair when they return from Africa to breed this summer.
P3/4/5 at Newtown Primary School in the Scottish Borders
Chetwynde School enjoyed the activities!published at 12:25 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Quote MessageYear 3. Chetwynde School, Barrow in Furness are loving the Live Lesson. We are reading the 'Cloud Tea Monkeys' by Elspeth Graham and Mal Peet.
Year 3, Chetwynde School, Barrow in Furness
Have a great World Book Day!published at 12:21 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
- Year 5 from Eaglesfield Paddle School in Cockermouth
- Robert Ferguson Primary School in Carlisle
- St Michael's East Wickham Primary in Welling
- Ocelot class at Swaffield School in Wandsworth
- 4W at The Coppice Primary School in Wythall, South Birmingham
- Hunslet Carr Primary School in Leeds
- Key Stage 2 at Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy in Strensall, York
- Primary 7b from Fintry Primary in Dundee
- Goodall class in Year 4 at Dussindale Primary School in Norwich
- Ashdown Primary School Crowborough East Sussex
- St Swithun's Prep School in Winchester
- Year 5 at Lea CofE Primary School in Herefordshire
- Year 1 at King Edwin Primary school in Nottinghamshire
- Primary 4 from Central Integrated Primary School in Carrickfergus
- Primary 4 at Fort Hill Integrated Primary School in Lisburn
- Primary 5 at St. Patrick's Primary School in Magheralin, Northern Ireland
- Primary 4a in Our Lady of the Missions Primary in Glasgow
- Birkby Junior School in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
- Year 6 at Hurst Green Primary School in the West Midlands
- Amazon Class from West Hampstead Primary School in Camden
- Year 3 at Church Cowley St James Primary in Oxford
- Year 3 from King’s Gate Primary School in Wiltshire
- Lyndon Green Junior School from Birmingham
- Opal Class at Thames View Primary in Rainham, Kent
- Class 3-4B from St Michael's First School in Stone, Staffordshire
- Aspen Class at Rectory CE Primary School in St Helens
- Primary 3B from Carnegie Primary School in Dunfermline, Scotland
- Year 3 at William Cassidi C of E Primary School in Stockton on Tees
- Mayals Primary School in Swansea
- Class 6W at Tollgate Junior School in Eastbourne
- Hill of Fearn Primary School in Highland Scotland
- P6/7 from King’s Park Primary in Dalkeith, Scotland
- Year 6 at William Fletcher School in Oxfordshire
- Wiston Primary School in Lanarkshire
- Year 5 at Swiss Gardens Primary School in Shoreham by Sea
- St Margaret's Primary School in Great Barr, Birmingham
- Elmbridge Primary School in Gloucester
- Year 5 at St Bartholomew’s Primary School in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
- St Philomena's Primary School in Glasgow
It's great to see you watching along!published at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
St Charles Primary School, Glasgow
Your next read awaits, here are some more recommendations from schools...published at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Quote Message'The Wild Way Home' by Sophie Kirtley
Class 3 at Shellingford CE(A) Primary School, Farringdon
Quote Message'The Nowhere Emporium' by Ross Mackenzie
Year 6 at Holy Rosary Primary Academy, Wolverhampton
Quote MessageDolphin Class are starting to read 'Floodland' by Marcus Sedgwick.
Port Isaac Primary Academy, Port Isaac
Quote MessageOur class novel is 'Flight of the Doves' by Walter Macken
from P.4. AND 5 St. Patrick’s P.S. Eskra in Co. Tyrone
Quote MessageWe are reading 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' by Brian Selznick.
Year 5 at St Thomas' CE Primary School in Blackburn
Quote MessageWe are currently reading 'Under the Hawthorn Tree' by Marita Conlon-McKenna as part of our Irish Famine topic.
P7 pupils from Ballywalter Primary School, Northern Ireland
Quote MessageWe are currently reading 'Black Beauty' by Anna Sewell. We're reading it as part of our Victorian topic and it has given us a great insight into animal welfare and Victorian life.
From Years 5 & 6, St David's College, Llandudno
Quote MessageTurtles class have been reading, 'The Firework Maker's Daughter' by Philip Pullman.
Turtles class at Hollesley Primary near Woodbridge in Suffolk
Quote MessageWe are currently reading 'Ariki and the Island of Wonders' by Nicola Davies.
Year 4 from St Maxentius in Bolton
Hello to Professor Minerva McGonagall and Hedwig, AKA Miss Williams and Mrs Bennett 👋published at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Great costumes!
We can't believe how many of you were watching along today! 📺published at 12:12 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Hello to...
- St Benet’s Primary School in Beccles
- Hillside Class at Kettleshulme St James in the Peak District
- Year 2 at Broadclyst Community Primary School in Exeter
- Henry Hinde Junior School in Rugby
- 3N from Riverview Primary School in Kent
- KS2 at Tebay Primary School in Cumbria
- Inver Primary in the Highlands
- St. George’s Primary School in Wallasey
- P3 class from Knockbreck School in Tain, Ross-Shire
- Year 4 at The Willows Catholic Primary School in Kirkham
- Alveston C of E Primary School in Stratford upon Avon
- Grange Park Primary School in Bangor, Northern Ireland
- Octopus Class at Cradle Hill School in Seaford
- Methodist Primary School in Richmond, North Yorkshire
- Year 6 from Cressing Primary school in Essex
- Year 5 at Bardsey Primary Academy in Leeds
- Years 5 and 6 at Richmond Methodist Primary School in North Yorkshire
- Class 5K at South Green Junior School in Essex
- Wesham Primary School in Lancashire
- Year 3 at Ravensfield Primary School in Dukinfield
- Primary 6 at Victoria Primary School in Falkirk
- Primary 4/5G at Rockfield Primary School in Oban
- Primary 4 at Grange Primary in Monifieth near Dundee
- 5G from Heathlands Primary Academy in Birmingham
- Dragonflies (Year 3 and 4) class at Hale Primary School in the New Forest
- Monkton Park Primary School in Chippenham
- Maple Class in Elm Park Primary School in Hornchurch