The Sun has reported how a Primary school head ruined the new Harry Potter book for pupils by reading out the final page on the last day of term. Youngsters looking forward to reading the best-seller over the summer holidays were left reeling as Carolyn Banfield gave the game away.
Nine-year-old pupil Louie Swift said: I dont know why she read it. Jordan Ashman, ten, said: It has spoiled the book for me. An 11-year-old boy whose mum would only name as Joe said: Lots of my friends complained about it. “I put my hands over my ears and squeezed my eyes closed because I didnt want to know about it.
Mrs Banfield read the climactic extract from Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows the final book in JK Rowlings massively popular series to more than 400 kids at St Johns C of E schools end of term assembly in Midsomer Norton, Somerset.
The much-anticipated ending has been the subject of debate among millions of fans. Mrs Banfield has not commented but a spokesman for the local education authority said:
“The school was saying goodbye to the children and staff who were leaving. A very small passage was carefully chosen to reflect the theme of saying goodbye.The school felt this reading would not spoil the childrens enjoyment of the book.”
