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HARRY POTTER – DISCOVERING THE WIZARDING WORLD OF SPELLS THROUGH THEIR LINGUISTIC ROOTS

In June each year we invite Year 5 pupils from local Primary schools into Tranby to experience a variety of sessions across different subject areas, delivered by colleagues, on the theme of 'Wizards and Wizardry'. In Languages we invite budding wizards to create spells using the words and phrases created by JK Rowling herself. Firstly, pupils consider the meanings behind the names of the characters such as Draco (Malfoy) meaning dragon and (Professor) Lupin meaning wolf. We then learn verbs and nouns using the language of the famous books to create spells. Pupils are invited to create their own spells to fix a range of situations. With just a few key enchantments pupils learn to vanquish Slytherins and triumph with Gryffindors!

Mr C Parra

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