Watch as Belfast special needs school puts on spectacular Hocus Pocus show

Glenveagh's Sanderson sisters
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As schools prepare for Halloween break, one set of pupils have been hailed for their creativeness after starring in a spooky Hocus Pocus mini-show.

Glenveagh School is for for children with severe learning difficulties is situated in Harberton Park, South Belfast. Pupils generally come to Glenveagh at age eight and stay until they are 19.

The pupils' take on the family-favourite movie Hocus Pocus, was shared online, and in a couple of days, saw huge attraction from across Northern Ireland.

You can watch it here:

Speaking to Belfast Live, teacher Jim McMorrow said: "The video was completed over a single day to celebrate one of our favourite holidays. It was ambitious, but luckily, we have some wonderful actors and performers in Glenveagh school, especially Conan, Bobby, and Rachel, our Sanderson sisters. Also, our amazing caretaker Richard.

"The pupils absolutely loved seeing the video, and we already have plans to make more. A funny story, after the video premiered on our Facebook page, the following day, a pupil came running up to Richard and exclaimed 'oh my God, you're alive'.

"So we would like to take this opportunity to formally declare that no caretakers were harmed in the making of this video."

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