Funniest children’s joke revealed

The Year 6 class at Northside Primary School, North Finchley, London won the competition with their favourite joke
The Year 6 class at Northside Primary School, North Finchley, London won the competition with their favourite joke - DAVID PARRY/PA MEDIA

The funniest joke in the playground has been revealed by the Beano.

The comic received entries from schools across the country after appealing for jokes, with the most humorous school being immortalised in the latest issue.

Northside Primary School in North Finchley, London, won the competition with this joke: “What’s the hottest area in the classroom? The corner – because it’s 90 degrees.”

Beano’s chief gag-makers whittled the wittiest submissions down to their favourite 10, which went forward to a public vote.

Northside Primary School emerged victorious, securing 42 per cent of the overall vote.

Its Year 6 class has been included in a Bash Street Kids comic strip illustration in the latest issue of the Beano.

The class will be immortalised in the Bash Street Kids strip in the latest issue of the magazine
The class will be immortalised in the Bash Street Kids strip in the latest issue of the magazine - DAVID PERRY/PA MEDIA

Mike Stirling, the director of mischief at the Beano, said: “Britain’s Funniest Class is a celebration of the brilliant benefits of laughter at school, for pupils and teachers alike.

“Year Six, Northside Primary School found the funniest angle overall and are deservedly now immortalised in Beanotown, but every entry gave us a great laugh. It’s been our most popular Britain’s Funniest Class contest yet, so laughter’s getting louder in schools nationwide.”

Sarah Crouchley, who teaches Year 6 at Northside Primary School said: “Beano’s Britain’s Funniest Class competition is such a great way to inspire creativity and innovation amongst children.

“Classrooms should be filled with laughter and learning, so thank you to Beano for allowing us to share our silly antics across the country.

“I speak for my whole class when I say we are buzzing to be joining The Bash Street Kids on the pages of their latest issue.”

Runners-up in the funniest joke competition included: “When is a T-rex not a T-rex? When it is a coffee-rex,” submitted by Tudor Primary School in Hemel Hempstead, and “How did bees get to school? They took the buuuuussssss,” by St Joseph’s Primary School in Upminster.

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