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Case study - Wrestlers inspire a bout of superstar reading
1 Mar 2009
When Margaret Johnstone, acting assistant headteacher at Alcott Hall Primary School, Solihull, received the Wrestlemania Reading Challenge entry cards, she knew it would be the perfect hook to get some of the boys in her school into reading. She didn’t necessarily expect one of her pupils to win though. Margaret explains what happened.
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