Roald Dahl Day

What a fabulous day Roald Dahl Day was! Students of Years 7, 8 and 9 really revelled in reading in order to commemorate this very celebrated author. Students in Year 7 were treated to lessons that celebrated the life and work of Roald Dahl, which included: making fruit batteries in Science from giant peaches; looking at 17th century witches in History and how they compare with those in Roald Dahl’s book; looking at how to ‘throw like Trunchball’ in PE – amongst many other things.

All throughout the day, students were able to listen to Matilda being read aloud by Kate Winslet and were able to vote for Joseph Swan’s favourite Roald Dahl book – the winner being Charlie and The Chocolate Factory!

The main event was ‘Willy Wonka’s Fabulous Book Swap Shop’. Students brought in many of their old books that they had already read, and were able to exchange them for a different book of their choice. Ms Gilhespy and Mr Lamb were simply stunned by the participation and the surge of students that came to use The Reading Room in order to exchange their books!

All in all, it was a great day that everyone thoroughly enjoyed!