AN AREA at a Portishead school had to be taped off after a mysterious discovery.
Caretaker Geoff Smith interrupted morning assembly at High Down Junior School after unearthing an unidentified object in the school garden.
Pupils were allowed to take a closer look after police support officers declared it safe and the students discovered it was a large egg.
After moving it to a safe and warm place, youngsters returned to school the next day to find the egg had hatched. Experts were called in and declared the find a dragon’s egg, leaving an empty shell.
The exercise was part of a Wow Day aimed at making learning more exciting.
Class teacher Sue Ryan said: “This has really fired the children’s imagination and over the coming weeks we shall be working on dragon poetry and writing lots of creative stories.”
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here