FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. SPECIAL HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT 2020 EDITION Issue 711 £2.50 31 January – 6 February 2020 8-PAGE HARRY POTTER PULLOUT! BOOK NIGHT Main illustrati ons and image at bott om by Jim Kay. Other illustrati ons by ons Other illustrati Kay. by Jim om at bott ons and image Main illustrati ons © Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Duddle. All illustrati Jonny TRIWIZARD PUZZLES! DRAGON FACTS! MAGICAL MAZE! THROW YOUR OWN TRIWIZARD-THEMED PARTY! Your normal issue of First News is inside! * First News readership is 2,235,888. Source: Opinion Matters 2016. First News is the widest-read of all children’s publications audited in the UK. First News supports children’s charities – see page 14 FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT IS BACK FOR A FANTASTIC SIXTH YEAR! TRIWIZARD ON 6 February the magical Harry Pott er Book Night returns, and this year’s theme is the Triwizard Tournament. On this special night, Harry Pott er fans all around the world will be hosti ng their very GAMES own Harry Pott er Book Night events for friends, families or even classmates. You can hold your GET your Triwizard-themed book night started Harry Pott er Book Night celebrati ons any ti me you like, so why not join in with the fun? with some magical games… THROW A HARRY POTTER PARTY BEAT THE AGE LINE WHETHER you’re planning on celebrati ng Harry Pott er Book Night at school, at home or with a youth group, See if any of your guests have what it takes to cross the here’s how you can give your friends a big wizarding welcome and throw your own truly enchanted event. Age Line and put their name into the Goblet of Fire! YOU’LL NEED: you’re planning on serving refreshments MAKE A PLAN (see p6), get these organised too. Coloured pencils Plan your event ahead of ti me. Work out who you’re going to invite and Sheets of white paper how many people you can fi t into your party area. Send out invitati ons BUILD EXCITEMENT by email or hand deliver them for that personal touch. Count down to your event with a sign A Goblet. You can make one yourself or use a large bowl, blanket or sheet on the fl oor to represent the Goblet. in the window or on the noti ceboard GET PEOPLE INVOLVED at your school or club, counti ng down Encourage your friends and family to come along to your event how many sleeps are left unti l your HOW TO PLAY: in costume by off ering a prize for the best fancy dress outf it and Harry Pott er Book Night. Mark a line on the fl oor for everyone to stand behind. It needs to be prizes for the acti viti es you’ll be hosti ng. a decent distance from your Goblet of Fire, which should be on the fl oor DECORATE or a table. Have your guests take a piece of paper each and write their PREPARE Get creati ve with decorati ng your space name on it. They can decorate their name too, if they like. Each person is Make sure you have everything you’ll need to make your event to make it really feel like a Triwizard to fold their paper into an aeroplane, then stand behind the Age Line and a roaring success. Plan any games you want to play and make sure the Tournament. Check out our suggesti ons try to send their paper plane into the Goblet. acti viti es you want to host are organised and set up ahead of ti me. If below for some more ideas! How many champions will there be? MAGICAL TRANSFIGURATION CHALLENGE VIKTOR Krum’s Transfi gurati on skills keep him alive underwater in the second task, so there are plenty of reasons to learn Transfi gurati on. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc DECORATIONS © You can TRANSFORM your home or event space into award prizes something magical with these easy decorati on ideas! Divide your group into pairs and give each pair a few pieces of blank paper and some colouring pencils. One person should be the host and for the best call out the name of an object, while one person in each pair must draw Transfi gurati ons THE TRIWIZARD CUP it. Aft er a set amount of ti me (we suggest two minutes) they must hand Make your own Triwizard Cup by painti ng their drawing over to their partner. Their partner must ‘Transfi gure’ a sturdy cardboard box diff erent shades of grey the original drawing into a new one. The host will tell you what you need to ‘Transfi gure’ the object into. Here are some ideas: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc so that it looks like stone. Place a gold-coloured PHOTO PROPS Bloomsbury Publishing Plc © trophy on top. You could buy one or make your Cut out a cardboard frame and paint © Pin cushion – hedgehog own by cutti ng a trophy shape out of cardboard ‘Triwizard Champion’ across the top. and painti ng it gold. Rock – dog TRIWIZARD BADGES Your guests can pose in the frame and be a famous witch or wizard for the night. Eagle – Hippogriff Design your own badges or posters, showing You can also visit bit.ly/HPBNDOBBY and support for your favourite character in the Lizard – dragon download an image of Dobby’s ears. Sti ck Kay by Jim ons Duddle. All other illustrati by Jonny ons illustrati Character Triwizard Tournament – is it Cedric, Harry, Ant – spider them on to a headband and you can Fleur or Viktor? You can scatt er them around pretend to be Dobby. Draco Malfoy – ferret Illustrati ons by Jonny Duddle and Jim Kay Kay Duddle and Jim by Jonny ons Illustrati your event or sti ck them up on the wall. Kay Duddle and Jim by Jonny ons Illustrati Remember to tag any photos you post online with #HarryPott erBookNight! Find out more at harrypott erbooknight.com Find out more at harrypott erbooknight.com FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. FOR INTERNAL SCHOOL USE ONLY. For use on projectors and IWBs. Not to be uploaded to school websites. HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT FirstNews Issue 711 31 January – 6 February 2020 HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT IS BACK FOR A FANTASTIC SIXTH YEAR! TRIWIZARD ON 6 February the magical Harry Pott er Book Night returns, and this year’s theme is the Triwizard Tournament. On this special night, Harry Pott er fans all around the world will be hosti ng their very GAMES own Harry Pott er Book Night events for friends, families or even classmates. You can hold your GET your Triwizard-themed book night started Harry Pott er Book Night celebrati ons any ti me you like, so why not join in with the fun? with some magical games… THROW A HARRY POTTER PARTY BEAT THE AGE LINE WHETHER you’re planning on celebrati ng Harry Pott er Book Night at school, at home or with a youth group, See if any of your guests have what it takes to cross the here’s how you can give your friends a big wizarding welcome and throw your own truly enchanted event. Age Line and put their name into the Goblet of Fire! YOU’LL NEED: you’re planning on serving refreshments MAKE A PLAN (see p6), get these organised too. Coloured pencils Plan your event ahead of ti me. Work out who you’re going to invite and Sheets of white paper how many people you can fi t into your party area. Send out invitati ons BUILD EXCITEMENT by email or hand deliver them for that personal touch. Count down to your event with a sign A Goblet. You can make one yourself or use a large bowl, blanket or sheet on the fl oor to represent the Goblet. in the window or on the noti ceboard GET PEOPLE INVOLVED at your school or club, counti ng down Encourage your friends and family to come along to your event how many sleeps are left unti l your HOW TO PLAY: in costume by off ering a prize for the best fancy dress outf it and Harry Pott er Book Night. Mark a line on the fl oor for everyone to stand behind. It needs to be prizes for the acti viti es you’ll be hosti ng. a decent distance from your Goblet of Fire, which should be on the fl oor DECORATE or a table. Have your guests take a piece of paper each and write their PREPARE Get creati ve with decorati ng your space name on it. They can decorate their name too, if they like. Each person is Make sure you have everything you’ll need to make your event to make it really feel like a Triwizard to fold their paper into an aeroplane, then stand behind the Age Line and a roaring success. Plan any games you want to play and make sure the Tournament. Check out our suggesti ons try to send their paper plane into the Goblet.