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Ryan Smith

East Belfast school transforms into Winter Wonderland

An East Belfast school has been transformed into a Winter Wonderland for one day only.

Staff at Clarawood Special School worked after school on Friday and into Saturday morning to turn the classrooms and corridors into a festive treat for kids.

Belfast Live was shown around the school which now boasts a Santa's grotto, a workshop, post office and even a place for stories with Santa's elves.

All the money raised from Saturday's event will go towards a sensory garden for the school.

Teacher Julie Handley told Belfast Live that after a successful first year in 2018, the school simply had to do it again this year.

She said: "We're raising funds for a sensory outdoor play area. All the money raised last year will be going towards that and any that we get this year we'll be putting that into it.

"It's an area within the school, it's a courtyard. At the minute it's quite tired and under-used. What we're trying to do is to develop it into an outdoor sensory area and learning space."

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