CHILDREN and teachers have been celebrating the 100th birthday of a famous children's author with a range of activities.

Kingsleigh Primary School students in Bournemouth have spent a large part of their term so far celebrating Roald Dahl's works and his influence over children's literature marking what would have been his centenary on September 13.

Since then, and all the way through to half term at the end of October, children from years three to six have been busy making papier-mâché heads of some of the most famous and much-loved characters such as the BFG, James's Giant Peach and even Oompa-Loompas.

Head teacher Richard Gower said the school's exhibition was very impressive. He also gave special thanks to the Key Stage Two leader Holly Graff who organised much of the project.

"Years three to six did a whole half term project on Roald Dahl, everything from stories to model-making," he told the Daily Echo.

"We all dressed up as part of his birthday celebrations. Someone came dressed up as Mr Twit, and there was loads of work on display.

"The final treat was that we took all those children down to the Odeon cinema at the end of half term to watch BFG. We booked out two screens - 280 children filled up the buses."

Mr Gower said proud parents will be able to see the displays for themselves come Wednesday (NOV 16) when they visit during parents' evening.

He added: "The children have produced some amazing work. We're very very proud of them. Some children made models of James's peach, others reproduced George's Marvellous Medicine. There has been a lot of very good work produced.

"We have also had some super writing during this project. We're very proud."