A BOOK fortnight celebrating the wonders of literature has inspired children at a Thornbury school to immerse themselves in both reading and writing.

Pupils at Gillingstool Primary School took part in a wide range of learning activities, between January 18-29, entitled “Heroes and Villains, Goodies and Baddies.”

The mini-book festival began with the head teacher’s Book Fortnight book task, where all classes were challenged to write the best possible class story.

This was followed up with a performance of “the Snow Queen” by Rod Burnett of the Storybox Theatre, a performance story-telling by Clive Pig.

The whole school also banded together to build a giant dragon, with the aid of Lion King puppeteer, Julie Roberts.

These events were supported by a book fair and an early-years bedtime story evening.

The school also hosted a Key Stage Two drama evening called “Sing for your Supper” where pupils made food from around the world and performed songs, dances and sketches from their respective country.

Highlights of the evening included Greek dancing from year five and a show stopping performance of scenes from Macbeth and equally impressive Scottish dancing and food provided by pupils from class six.

These events were supported by a book fair and an early-years bedtime story evening, from which the school made over £900, from which they are planning to spend £540 on new books for classrooms.