KUMON, which has a branch in Urmston is offering the chance to win tickets to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s award-winning production of Matilda the Musical and an all-expenses paid, two-night stay in London for a family of four.

The competition has been organised as part of Kumon's two-month Summer Festival of Reading, which celebrates all things literary.

To enter, children ages five to 16 should visit kumon.co.uk/competition and download a storyboard, to illustrate where reading could take them, accompanied by 250 words.

The fantastic prize is particularly fitting as this much loved Roald Dahl story features on the Kumon recommended reading list.

Kumon offer Maths and English study programmes for children of all ages and abilities. Through daily study, Kumon aims for each and every child develop the confidence and ability to study independently, with a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude. There are over 69,000 students experiencing success through the Kumon programmes across the UK and over 4 million students worldwide. This exciting competition is open to all children.

Sharon Carlin of the Kumon Urmston study centre is busy encouraging her students to enter the competition.

Sharon said: "The reason that we are launching this competition is to promote the power of a child's imagination as a result of reading and how this will help them in their future endeavours."