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title: "Local Author Gemma Lees visits school"
url: "https://chorleystmarys.lancs.sch.uk/news/2018-03-13-local-author-gemma-lees-visits-school"
school: "St. Mary's Catholic Primary School & Nursery"
---

# Local Author Gemma Lees visits school

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-mary-s-catholic/images/news/IMG_2899.JPG)   13 March 2018

Local author, Gemma Lees, came to see the infants a couple of weeks ago and challenged the children to create a new character for her books.

The winners were Jensen and Niamh from Year 1 and Iris from Year 2, who were presented with a certificate and a signed book from Gemma Lees.

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