3/9/2023 0 Comments The noun project quidditch![]() ![]() ![]() I have tried to assemble some ideas that could be used in classrooms over the summer, utilising the Take One Book approach and linking to the National Curriculum requirements. However, it is a lengthy novel so do make sure you have allowed plenty of time to read it to (or with) your class before you intend to use it. This book lends itself beautifully to a whole host of exciting classroom activities in KS2. Just how well do you know the books? Why not indulge in a bit of fun and take this Harry Potter quiz, created by The Book Trust: Is the eponymous hero merely Daniel Radcliffe in a cloud of special effects to them? If so, the time has come to take a magical train ride on the Hogwarts Express from platform 9 ¾ onto the pages of The Philosopher’s stone… Although Harry Potter is a household name, I am noticing that the latest generation of fans tend to go straight to the films without always picking up the books. They queue up to visit the Studios in Elstree, dress up as wizards for World Book Day and dream of a chance to visit the theme park in America. Twenty years on, children who were originally too young to witness the anticipation of book and film releases, are still caught up with the excitement of this fantasy realm. Despite the outlandish premise of a young boy plucked from an ordinary home and thrust into a word of witches, giants, flying broomsticks and dragons, there appears to be something about Harry to which many of us can relate. The traditional theme of ‘good vanquishing evil’ is central, whilst death, friendship, hope and acceptance are all there in good measure. The joy of the series is that it transcends real life and takes you into another realm, where a maltreated orphan can become a hero, and where problems can be sorted with the flick of a wand. ![]() Harry Potter fever gripped the nation and vindicated the efforts of a determined writer who had fought to find a publisher prepared to take on her unique project. I remember we ordered three copies of the Deathly Hallows to avoid squabbles! It is fair to assume that we were not alone in our fandom. My children waited anxiously for the release of the final installments, my husband became one of the many adults purchasing copies with ‘grown up’ covers to read on the Tube, and even my mum decided to see what all the fuss was. From that moment -and for the next two decades- JK Rowling’s monumental series of Harry Potter novels became inextricably linked to the life of my family. One sleepless night, I found myself unexpectedly struggling to put down a children’s book about a young wizard. It was twenty years ago, in June, that The Philosopher’s Stone first hit the bookshelves. In this blog, Michelle Nicholson celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the release of JK Rowling’s fabulous book, with some ideas for bringing the story to life in the classroom. Monday 26 th June 2017 marks twenty years since the first publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. ![]()
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