IT'S here! The biggest schools' promotion Sussex has ever seen starts today and children's TV favourites Bodger And Badger are helping kick it off.

The crazy pair visited youngsters at Goldstone Junior School in Hove for some fun, games and mashed potato and to wish them luck in their bid to collect enough Argus tokens to win a dream trip to Disneyland Paris.

That is the fantastic prize on offer in our Laugh And Learn School Break.

And Bodger, alias Hove actor Andy Cunningham, said children across Sussex should have great fun taking part.

The BBC star said: "It's a mashtastic idea! It's very easy to collect seagulls in Brighton but it's harder to collect tou-kens."

Children must start looking for tokens daily for the next six weeks and the school that piles up the most will then select one lucky class to be whisked off to Paris.

The winner will be announced in the first week of June.

Today we are printing a bumper number of tokens to get you started. There are 18 on this page but there are also several others dotted about the paper, so make sure you study every page closely.

And you need to keep your eyes peeled. We will print a token on Page 2 every day - but there will also be bonus tokens scattered throughout the paper.

If you want to beat everyone else in the county to scoop a three-night stay in Disneyland Paris, plus a sight-seeing tour of the French capital, all expenses paid, make sure you do not miss a single issue of the Argus from now on.

We will be sending 35 children and 15 adult chaperones on the fun-packed trip.

They will travel by Eurostar and stay on the magical Disneyland site where they will have the chance to meet Mickey, Minnie and all the other famous characters.

Clive Thomas, head of Goldstone Junior School in Laburnum Avenue, was delighted his school was taking part in the launch.

He said: "It sounded like a fantastic trip and one the children would really enjoy if they won.

"I know a lot of our families read the Argus and the paper is very much part of the local community which is an aim we also have."

To keep the competition fair, schools will be divided into six categories, depending on size.

We are also offering a great array of runner-up prizes including computers, software and school equipment.

Sponsorship for the Laugh And Learn School Break is being provided by American Express, Pavilion Internet and Southern Water.

Latest news of the competition can be found on our website at www.thisisbrighton.co.uk

And any queries can be dealt with by competition co-ordinator Laura Digweed on 01273 544722 or 01444 235100.

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