Braidside Integrated Primary & Nursery School
Parent Interviews: Feb 2026 Parent Interviews will take place from Mon 2nd - Thurs 5th Feb in school. Appointment times will go home this week. Parents and guardians are reminded school will finish at 1pm each day and transport will run earlier too. We appreciate your help in ensuring children are collected promptly from school. Thank you.
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National Storytelling Week

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2nd Feb 2021

Ever since I was a young child, I have always adored Roald Dahl books. I enjoy how he depicts his characters. I love how he uses very specific vocabulary and names of each to clearly portray the characteristics of each. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,  each of the ticket winners have quite grotesque personalities, apart from our humble Charlie. Their very names sound like how the characters should look and act. I adore the original film too. Here’s a clip from chp 21, where the arrogant and selfish Beauregard turns blue!  Listen in.....