Roald Dahl Story Day

Resource type: Event

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2

Region(s): All of UK

Roald Dahl Story Day takes place on Roald Dahl’s birthday – 13^th September – and is a chance to celebrate the work of one of children’s books’ greatest storytellers.

Explore the library of free cross-curricular lesson plans, quizzes and activities based on 8 of Dahl’s most popular titles.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fantastic Mr Fox – Drama, Art, Design and Technology
James and the Giant Peach – Literacy and Science
Mathilda
The BFG – Literacy and PSHE
The Enormous Crocodile – Early Years lesson plans
The Twits – Literacy and PSHE
The Witches – Maths, Computing, PSHE, Art and Design

Cost: Free.

About the Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd: The Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd manages the copyrights and trademarks for the works of Roald Dahl and is committed to sharing the positive message at the heart of all Roald Dahl’s stories.

Further resources:

Watch a free 30-minute digital storytelling of The Magic Finger created in partnership with the Unicorn Theatre. Suitable for children aged 6+.
Use your Roald Dahl Story Day to raise money for the Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity, which funds specialist nurses and support for seriously ill children. Find fundraising resources and videos on the charity’s website.
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Buckinghamshire is open for school visits providing hands-on, investigative opportunities to explore the Roald Dahl archives and learn more about the author’s life and writing process. Suitable for pupils in Years 2 – 8. Costs start at £225 for a 90-minute session for up to 32 students.
Book a Creative Characters Livestream Learning Session with the experts at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre and learn about some of Dahl’s writing techniques. Costs start from £110 for a 45-minute session for up to 35 students.
Explore the world of ‘gobblefunk’, Roald Dahl’s invented language, with language books from Oxford University Press.
You can watch The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl, a BBC documentary made in 2016 on YouTube.