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                  CONTENTS                                                                                          Y O U R D AY
                                                                                                                      Miss Honey has some ideas for
                                                                                                                      teachers on how to structure your
                                                                                                                      celebrations in the classroom:

Celebrate          3.   Greetings!                                                                                         Breakfast Club:
Roald Dahl         4.   Invitations                                                                           1            •   Eat some toast together! (Just like Miss Honey
                                                                                                                               and Matilda!)
Day in Style!      5.   Party Hats                                                                                         •   Make your own Roald Dahl Day party hats,
                                                                                                                               page 5.
                   6.   Dahlicious Dress-up
                   7.   Puffin Schools                                                                                     Morning:
                                                                                                                           •   Decorate your classroom door to look like a
                                                                                                              2            •
                                                                                                                               magical library – Matilda’s favourite place to be!
                                                                                                                               Time to dress up! Use the Dahlicious

Matilda’s          8.   Write with Matilda                                                                                     dress-up page for ideas!

Marvellous        10.   Floating Feat
                                                                    GREETINGS ,
                                                                                                                           Break time:
Activities        11.   Matilda’s Wonderful Word Quiz                                                         3            •   ‘What’s the time, Miss Trunchbull?’

                                                               BRAINBOXES!
                                                                                                                               A Matilda spin on the classic, ‘What’s
                  12.   Scare Miss Trunchbull                                                                                  the time, Mister Wolf?

                  13.   Competition: Matilda’s New Classmate                                                               Mid-morning:
                                                                  This year we’re celebrating Matilda!
                  15.   Book Cover Collage                       Inside this pack you’ll find ideas fit for   4
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                                                                                                                               Story time! Read your favourite Roald Dahl story.
                                                                                                                               Use the Write with Matilda activity from
                  16.   Matilda the Musical                    our very own magical genius, along with                         this pack to get your class’s brains fizzing
                                                                                                                               with ideas!
                                                               a sneak peek at the wicked witches who
                  17.   Matilda’s Brilliant Bookmarks
                                                                   have some devious plans for 2020.                       Lunch:
                                                                  No matter where you’re celebrating,
                                                                you’re going to have a marvellous day.        5            •   Play hide-and-seek in the playground – with
                                                                                                                               the seekers playing Miss Trunchbull.
Titchy Toddlers   18.   Roly-Poly Bird                                                                                     •   If it’s a wet lunch, spend the time making
                                                                       LET THE PARTY BEGIN!                                    Matilda’s brilliant bookmarks, page 17.
                        Craft Activity
                                                                                                                           Afternoon:
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                                                                                                                           •   Competition time! Use the entry sheet in this
What’s            20.   Watch Out for the                                                                                      pack to enter the Roald Dahl Day competition
                                                                                                                               and win some exciting prizes!
Coming Up . . .         Witches!

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                                                                                                                           •   Tune into a very special Roald Dahl Day

                  21.   How to Spot                                                                                            show – look out for details coming soon on
                                                                                                                               the Puffin Schools website.
                        a Witch
                                                                                                                           Home time!
                                                                                                              7            •   Give each chiddler a copy of the Roald Dahl
                                                                                                                               Day certificate to take home with them!
Essentials        22.   Classroom Crafts
                        with YPO and Pritt
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INVITATIONS                                                                                                   Roald Dahl
                                                              Don’t forget to send these out at least a week before your party! Include a letter
                                                              home to parents or grown-up human beans to let them know the details of your
                                                                                                                                                                                                           PARTY HATS
                                                                           party and any preparation that they might need to do.                                             If required, ask a grown-up to help. Cut along the dotted lines and fold over the edges,
                                                                                                                                                                             and slot the fold in. Glue down the folded part and pop the hat on to your guest’s head.
                                                                                                                                                                                             Add some elastic or string if they’ve got a wiggly noggin.
                                                              ,

                                                                                                                         ,
                                                                     with world-renowned genius

                                                                                                                                 genius Matilda to celebrate
                                                                      you are invited to a party

                                                                                                                                  you are invited to a party
                                                                        MARVELLOUS KID,

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                                                                                                                                   MARVELLOUS KID,
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                                                                        as an AB SO L UT ELY

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                                                                         Matilda to celebrate

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                                                                     genius Matilda to celebrate

                                                                                                                                 genius Matilda to celebrate
                                                                      you are invited to a party

                                                                                                                                  you are invited to a party
                                                                       with world-renowned

                                                                                                                                   with world-renowned
                                                                       MARVELLOUS KID,

                                                                                                                                   MARVELLOUS KID,
                                                                        as an A B SO LU T E LY

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                                                                                                                                                                                             COLOU R
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                                                                                                                                                                                            YOU NEED
                                                                                                                                                                                              MORE.

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                                                                 Content to be supplied by partner

                                                                                                            Discover more phizz-whizzing activities
                                                                                                           and video resources to bring Roald Dahl’s
                                                                                                                stories to life in your classroom.
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Write with                                                                                        Four different characters are speaking below. What do you think each
                                                                                                                                                                                                               character’s personality is like? Write your ideas underneath each quote.
                                                                                                         MATILDA                                                                                             “ Oh my gawd! What’s happened to me!                 “ What piffle is this you are talking, madam?
                                                                 “You witless weed!” A character’s personality can be revealed in what they say.                                                         I look terrible! I look just like you gone wrong!”              You must be out of your mind!”
                                                                Miss Trunchbull is an angry and cruel head teacher who uses lots of creative insults!

                                                                  “ You ignorant little slug!”
                                                                  “ You witless weed!”
                                                                  “ You empty-headed hamster!”
                                                                  “ You stupid glob of glue!”                                                                                                              “ And don’t worry about the bits you can’t              “I . . . I . . . I simply put the fourteen down
                                                                  “ You bursting blister!”                                                                                                                 understand. Sit back and allow the words                  in my head and multiply it by nineteen.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                to wash around you, like music.”                 I’m afraid I don’t know how else to explain it.”
                                                                  “ You moth-eaten maggot!”

                                                                                                                                                   Can you make up your
                                                                                                                                                    own creative insults?
                                                              Look at Miss Trunchbull’s speech below.                                               Use the ideas box for extra help.

                                                              “It makes me vomit,” she went on, “to think that I
                                                              am going to have to put up with a load of garbage
                                                              like you in my school for the next six years.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Characters can say the same thing in lots
                                                                                                                                                                                                       of different ways. Write a sentence of speech                          His speech was never
                                                                                                                                                                                                       for each character below. Remember to use                              very delicate but Matilda
                                                              Imagine one of the children is brave enough to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              was used to it.
                                                              reply to Miss Trunchbull. What would they say?                                                                                           correct punctuation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                       A child in the playground asks a friend what is wrong.

                                                                                                                                                                                                       A zookeeper asks an elephant what is wrong.

                                                                                                                                                        IDEAS BOX
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                                                                                                                                               MO ULD Y INS ECT          g ri m y    creeping
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                                                                                                                                                    roach             RAT                              A burglar asks a policeman what is wrong.
                                                                                                                                                                                 TRA IL OF
                                                                                                                                                HORRIBLE PIECE OF ROT             SLIM E

                                                              This activity has been taken from the book Roald Dahl’s Creative Writing with Matilda: How to Write Spellbinding Speech (pages 18–19).

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FLOATING FEAT                                                                                                              Matilda’s Wonderful
                                                               When Miss Trunchbull wrongly accuses her of putting a newt in the water                                                                                    WORD QUIZ
                                                              jug, Matilda feels a strange sense of power. She uses that power to tip over
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MATILDA IS A WHIZZ WITH WORDS!
                                                               a water glass without touching it, spilling it on her horrible head teacher!
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Can you find all the words hidden in the word search below?

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                                                              • TISSUE PA                                                                                           to lift up feathers and

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                                                                                                                       What to do:                                  polystyrene balls.
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                                                               • A BALLOON JUMPER                                                                                                                     F   U   G   S           F   S   N    X   U     H    W   S   P   I     V   N
                                                                • A WOOLLEN E FUR                                1    Use tissue paper and                                                            N   G   D   V           S   W   O    P   R     U    T   L   S   Z     E   C
                                                                 OR SOME FAK                                          a pen to trace over
                                                               • OPTIONAL: FEATHERS                                   the newt shown                                                                  C   E   M   M           K   T   F    L   Q     G    U   Y   R   D     A   H
                                                                 AND SMALL        S                                   above twice, then
                                                                 POLYSTYRENE BALL                                     cut them out.                                                                   E   X   T   R           A   O   R    D   I     N    A   R   Y   M     B   E
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                                                                          Matilda's                                    Blow up the balloon
                                                                                                                       and rub it with the
                                                                                                                                                             Hold the balloon near your
                                                                                                                                                             hair. If you feel your hair              T   X   A   Z           O   Q   I    T   A     C    R   L   K   G     T   Y
                                                                   PHENOMENAL FACT
                                                                                                                                                             moving towards it, then the
                                                               While performing this trick, you discovered
                                                               static electricity – a stationary electric
                                                                                                                       jumper or fake fur for
                                                                                                                       at least 20 seconds.                  balloon is ready!                        I   U   G   U           V   W   P    T   I     O    H   M   O   T     P   Z
                                                                                                                                                                                                      L   F   I   A           B   E   B    R   K     C    Z   B   O   A     I   D
                                                               charge produced by friction (when two
                                                                objects rub together). When you rubbed
                                                                 the balloon, electrons jumped from
                                                                the material onto it. These electrons
                                                                    produced the force that pulled                                                                                                    D   I   C   H           O   K   E    Y   S     I    V   T   U   I     W   C
                                                                          on the paper newts,
                                                                             lifting them up!                                                                                                         A   L   U   A           E   M   R    T   T     N    H   M   R   L     H   Z
                                                                                                                                                                                                      P   S   S   R           U   O   C    R   E     K    V   C   A   S     L   K
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                                                                                                                         Hold the balloon above the newts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MATILDA         MISS TRUNCHBULL
                                                                                                                         Command, ‘Lift up! Lift up!’ and
                                                                                                                         amaze your audience as the newts                                                                                 CRUNCHEM        MISS HONEY
                                                                                                                         float up without you touching them!                                                                              NEWT            PIGTAILS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MAGIC           EXTRAORDINARY
                                                                                                             This activity has been taken from the book Matilda’s How to be a Genius (pages 36–37).

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Scare                                                                                          Competition:
                                                                                MISS TRUNCHBULL                                                     M ATILDA’S NEW CLASSMATE
                                                                         Matilda and her classmates cleverly use a newt to scare Miss Trunchbull.            Matilda is incredibly brave and brilliant – but she can’t defeat the Trunchbull
                                                                                   Now you can make your very own! Follow the steps                         on her own! It takes the help of her fellow classmates to truly triumph! Can you
                                                                                        below to create a frightening amphibian.                           help Matilda by giving her a new classmate to join her adventures? Draw a new
                                                                                                                                                             classmate for Matilda and write a short paragraph about them. What is their
                                                                                                                                                                  name? What do they like doing? What don’t they like? Be creative!
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                                                                 STEP 3: Fold your newt’s body along
                                                                 the dotted lines (one middle crease and
                                                                 two side folds). Here’s where we need                                                               Meet the characters from the book and get inspired!
                                                                to be careful… Cut along the newt’s
                                                                spine: cutting along the middle crease
                                                                up to the side folds . The side folds will
                                                                come together to form the belly of the
                                                                newt underneath his spine. Glue these
                                                                two side fold pieces together. You now
                                                                have the slinky body of your newt!
                                                                                                                                                             Matilda Wormwood                                          Bruce Bogtrotter                                            Lavender
                                                                                                                                                             An extraordinary child at                             The boy who dares to steal                            Matilda’s best friend. She is
                                                                                                                                                           the centre of our story. She’s                            a slice of the Trunchbull’s                         gutsy and adventurous, just
                                                                                               to give
                                                                       ST EP 4: Now it’s time                                                               got a magical mind, loves                               chocolate cake. When she                           like Matilda, and is very good
                                                                                              legs. Be
                                                                       your newt a head and                                                                 reading and isn’t afraid to                           challenges him to conquer the                          at playing brilliant tricks on
                                                                                             all sorts of
                                                                       creative! You can use                                                                 stand up for what’s right.                              entire cake, he succeeds!                            unsuspecting grown-ups.
                                                                                                e cleaners
                                                                       things, for example pip
                                                                                                loured card
                                                                       to make its legs and co
                                                                        for its head.
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                                                                STEP 5: Decorate your newt!
                                                                Add a pair of wobbly eyes and
                                                                some sparkling sequins to give                                                                                 Miss Honey                               Miss Trunchbull                         Mr & Mrs Wormwood
                                                                it shine. You could even cut out                                                                         Matilda’s kind class                         Matilda’s hulking and                       Matilda’s very stupid and
                                                                some ribbon to give it a tongue!                                                                        teacher who wants to                         horrifying headmistress,                     despicable parents who
                                                                                                                                                                      help her and make others                       who thinks all her pupils                      show absolutely no
                                                                                                                                                                     realize how brilliant she is.                   are rotten little stinkers.                   interest in her at all.

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Competition                        T O P T IP !                         Book Cover
                                                                                      ENTRY PAGE                             M a ke su re to
                                                                                                                           u se P ri tt to st ic
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                                                                                                                                                 k               COLLAGE
                                                                                                                                  down                           MATILDA LOVES READING!
                                                                                                                                                Can you create a cover for a book that you think Matilda
                                                                                                                                         would like to pick up and read? Use old newspapers and magazines to
                                                                                                                                     create a collage on the blank cover below. Use your imagination, it can be a cover
                                                                                                                                     for a book you’ve read – or it can be a cover for a book you’ve made up yourself!

                                                                                                                               Write a few lines about
                                                                                                                               your chosen book – why do
                                                                                                                               you like this book and/or
                                                                                                                               what is the story about?
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                                                              Name:                            Age:              School:

                                                              Email/Contact:

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Matilda:                                                                 Matilda’s Brilliant
                                                                                  THE MUSICAL                                                                  BOOKMARKS
                                                                NOW IN ITS 8TH YEAR AT THE CAMBRIDGE THEATRE IN LONDON!                                     CREATE YOUR VERY OWN BOOKMARKS!
                                                              For booking details and more information on the extensive education programme,          Colour in the bookmarks below, then cut along the lines – and
                                                                                      visit www.matildathemusical.com                          you’ll have your very own personalized bookmarks to use when you read!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        LINES!
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Roly-Poly Bird
                                                                         CRAFT ACTIVITY
                                                                 Use lots of lovely craft supplies to create ‘A beautiful blue Roly-Poly Bird
                                                              flying across a big blue sky’. Make a collage of his extraordinarily colourful
                                                                         tail! You can use feathers, paper, pipe cleaners and more!

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                                                              out for The
                                                                                               Watch out for                                                                                  How to spot
                                                              Witches in
                                                                2020!                   THE WITCHES                                                                                         A WITCH
                                                                                 WATCH OUT – THERE MAY BE WITCHES ABOUT!                                 Witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women but there are some
                                                                     You’ve just stolen a bottle of Formula 86 from the Grand High Witch! Make your    subtle signs you can look out for that may save your life if you encounter one! Read the
                                                                       way through the maze with the bottle to escape. Be careful not to get caught!    extract from The Witches and look at the picture below to learn how to spot a witch.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      BALD HEAD WITH
                                                                                                                                                       As far as children are concerned, a REAL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            WIG RASH
                                                                                                                                                       WITCH is easily the most dangerous of all
                                                                                                                                                       the living creatures on earth. What makes
                                                                                                                                                                                                              PECULIAR
                                                                                                                                                       her doubly dangerous is the fact that she
                                                                                                                                                                                                              NOSE
                                                                                                                                                       doesn’t look dangerous. Even when you
                                                                                                                                                       know all the secrets (you will hear about
                                                                                                                                                       those in a minute), you can still never be                                                 WIG
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CLAWS
                                                                                                                                                       quite sure whether it is a witch you are
                                                                                                                                                       gazing at or just a kind lady. If a tiger were
                                                                                                                                                                                                              HIDDEN BY
                                                                                                                                                       able to make himself look like a large dog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 GLOVES
                                                                                                                                                       with a waggy tail, you would probably
                                                                                                                                                       go up and pat him on the head. And that
                                                                                                                                                       would be the end of you. It is the same
                                                                                                                                                       with witches. They all look like nice ladies.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          SINISTER
                                                                                                                                                       For all you know, a witch might be living                                          HANDBAG
                                                                                                                                                       next door to you right now.

                                                                                                                                                       Oh, if only there were a way of telling for
                                                                                                                                                       sure whether a woman was a witch or
                                                                                                                                                       not, then we could round them all up and
                                                                                                                                                       put them in the meat-grinder. Unhappily,
                                                                                                                                                       there is no such way. But there are a
                                                                                                                                                       number of little signals you can look out
                                                                                                                                                       for, little quirky habits that all                                          BLUE
                                                                                                                                                       witches have in common,                                                     SPIT
                                                                                                                                                                                                              SQUARE
                                                                                                                                                       and if you know about                                  FEET WITH
                                                                                                                                                       these, if you remember
                                                                                                                                                                                                              NO TOES
                                                                                                                                                       them always, then you
                                                                                                                                                       might just possibly
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                                                                                                                                                       manage to escape from
                                                                                                                                                       being squelched before

                                                                                S TA R T                                                               you are very much older.

                                                                                 HERE
                                                                                                                                                       WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO AVOID A WITCH? READ THE REST
                                                                                                                                                                                         IN ROALD DAHL’S THE WITCHES.

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