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These youngsters were on the march – to raise money for children less fortunate than themselves.

An Andover school has celebrated the work of a world-famous author in the week that he sadly passed away. Children in Icknield School’s Drum Class took part in lessons about The Very Hungry Caterpillar this half term as their sensory story, where the different objects in the book were accompanied by different tastes, touch sensations and images. Their exploration preceded the passing of Eric Carle, the author of the book, who died on May 23 at the age of 91. Eric Carle was born in 1929 in New York, and moved to Germany when he was six years old. After graduating from the Akademie de...

Children across Andover celebrated World Book Day despite the Covid restrictions this year as pupils and teachers got dressed up at home and in schools. Cruella de Vil was stalking the halls of Icknield School for stray dogs, while there were plenty of Wallys to be found hiding all over Andover. At Rookwood School, the lower school took part in a range of activities aimed at celebrating the literary festival. Students had to guess a book character from a bag of clues made by their peers, while bookmarks and cardboard characters were also bein made. "A big well done to everyone for th...