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World Book Day 2026

Posted on by Leigh Academy Blackheath
Seven adults smiling together indoors, all wearing large, colorful cardboard cutouts of Mr. Men and Little Miss characters over black clothing.
06
Mar

Staff and students at Leigh Academy Blackheath enjoyed another fantastic celebration of World Book Day today.

It was great to see so many amazing literary characters around the academy and to celebrate the creativity of our students and the joy and power of reading.

A group of six adults posing in a hallway, dressed in varied book character costumes, including a doctor holding a book, a person in a gold dress and crown, and someone in a Renaissance outfit holding a skull.
A teacher wearing a Mr. Men cardboard cutout around his neck teaches a math lesson using a projector in a classroom while students watch from their desks.
Three adults outdoors on a playground wearing costumes, featuring Little Red Riding Hood, a dark cloaked figure with a wand, and a Little Miss Sunshine cutout.
Four adults posing in a hallway dressed in Harry Potter-themed costumes, including a cloaked figure, an Azkaban prisoner, a person in tattered robes, and a character in a pink cardigan.
Four adults indoors dressed in character costumes, holding or wearing props like a stuffed orangutan and small paper animals pinned to their shirts.
Two students in school uniforms holding copies of the book "1984," standing on either side of an adult dressed as Little Red Riding Hood outdoors.