Thursday July 15, 2021, 12:01 AM
Pupils
A Dundee primary school class has been dubbed the UK’s funniest with its topical joke about face masks.
Class 5B from Forthill Primary School entered the Beano’s annual competition to find Britain’s Funniest Class, and came out on top with their submission having 21.7% of the public vote.
It was: “What did the face mask say to the mouth? Let me cover for you!”
The joke was one of 10 shortlisted by a panel at the DC Thomson comic before the public decided which they found funniest.
Beano’s Mike Stirling presented the class at Forthill Primary School with the official trophy, alongside a bundle of Beano goodies including comic subscriptions for all the children.
Dundee pupils crowned Britain s funniest class
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This initiative is from the National Literacy Trust, Swindon Borough Council and WH Smith. The delivery forms part of the charity’s summer offer to support students as they transition from primary to secondary school. REY paper is contributing 150,000 sheets of paper to the initiative. Packs with a selection of activities, paper, colouring pencils, and a free Beano comic are being sent to five schools in Swindon. Accompanying each pack is the National Literacy Trust’s summer writing challenge: Comics Rule!, where children will be asked to design their own comic. The creative writing activity hopes to improve writing attitudes and boost literacy skills.
New stamps mark 70 years of Dennis the Menace
Special Dennis the Menace stamps have been issued (Royal Mail/PA)
A new set of stamps is being issued marking 70 years of legendary Beano comic character Dennis the Menace.
Six stamps feature images of the perennial naughty schoolboy from a black-and-white comic strip in 1951, meeting his baby sister Bea, adopting his faithful dog Gnasher and finding out that his father is a grown-up version of Dennis from the 1980s.
The stamps are based on original strips from Beano comics of the time.
A stamp featuring an early black-and-white comic strip (Royal Mail/PA)