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World Book Day

To celebrate this year’s World Book Day, we had a fancy dress day with the theme ‘Magic’, where pupils and staff dressed up as magical characters – wizards, fairies, magicians etc.

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There was a special performance by Paul Kieve, illusionist and magician, who has worked on and appeared in the Harry Potter films and taught actor Daniel Radcliffe how to perform magic. He has also worked with Derren Brown and David Copperfield and appeared on BBC1’s show ‘I’d Do Anything’ alongside Andrew Lloyd Webber to train the 12 potential ‘Oliver’s in the art of prestidigitation.

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Also, all budding magicians came forward to perform their wizardry on the day and were given advice by Mr Kieve to perfect their skills.

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Year 3-6 students raised £417 on the day, which will be sent to Book Aid International, a charity working together with library services and local organisations to help schools and communities across sub-Saharan Africa, to access books they need and to provide training for teachers.

Thanks to all the staff, students and parents who supported this event.      VN

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