This year to celebrate the excitement and magic of stories World Book Day Horrabridge Primary School collaborated with Marjon University.

Every class had a morning of activities organised and run by Marjon trainee teachers.

The activities were based on a selection of different books from Paddington Bear to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

These activities involved scavenger hunts, potato printing, marmalade sandwich making, inventing a new chocolate bar for Willy Wonka and musical theatre performances.

Teacher Emily Friend said: “The children thoroughly enjoyed the morning that was filled with creative and inventive activities that helped bring stories alive.”

In the afternoon, the children came together in the hall for a special 'Reading Assembly' where the staff brought a handful of stories to life using a story that was created especially for this assembly.

In the evening, the children were invited back from Nursery-Year 6 to take part in a story telling/musical theatre workshop, also led by Marjon students. The evening workshops were based on Matilda the musical which 97 children took part in.