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Garswood Primary School goes the whole hog celebrating Roald Dahl’s centenary

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Children and staff at Garswood Primary School celebrated Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday by holding a week of activities which included dressing up as characters from his classic books.

Children and staff at Garswood Primary School proved that they don’t do anything by halves as they went the whole hog by dressing us as Roald Dahl book characters to celebrate the British novelist’s 100th birthday.

“Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog” is a famous quote from Dahl’s classic, Matilda.

This was certainly the case on Tuesday (13 September) when the whole school and nursery came in dressed as classic characters including the Fantastic Mr Fox, the BFG, Willy Wonka, Matilda and Oompa Lumpas.

Throughout the week, the children took part in Roald Dahl related problem solving activities such as making George’s Marvellous Medicine, applying ‘revolting recipes’ to maths – and enjoyed taking part in drama based dance workshops with theatre in education company, West End in School.

Headteacher Pam Potter, who came to school dressed as the Grand High Witch from the Witches, said: “We thoroughly enjoyed spending the week celebrating the 100th birthday of Roald Dahl who is still a massive influence in schools. His books inspire children to develop a love for reading and will be treasured for hundreds of years to come.”

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