{"id":202983,"date":"2026-06-30T13:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/06\/30\/school-trip-surprise-as-students-meet-the-rock\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:07:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:07:21","slug":"school-trip-surprise-as-students-meet-the-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/06\/30\/school-trip-surprise-as-students-meet-the-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"School trip surprise as students meet The Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Primary school pupils had the surprise of their lives when a trip to London turned into a face-to-face red-carpet meeting with wrestler-turned-Hollywood megastar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.<\/b><\/p>\n

About 50 students from St Gregory Primary School in Sudbury, Suffolk, went to the capital on Tuesday for what they believed would be a standard “old-fashioned” excursion.<\/p>\n

Little did they know they would be attending the Moana Experience, an immersive event organised in support of the upcoming live action adaption of the hit 2016 film.<\/p>\n

Better still, the Years 3 and 4 students also got to meet Maui himself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“It was awesome [to meet them] and they were losing their minds and going bonkers and going crazy,” he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“That’s the fun part of fame and the best part of fame. This kind of stuff is important.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The star-studded encounter, at Potters Field Park next to the River Thames, was arranged by Disney and the school’s headteacher, Daniel Woodrow.<\/p>\n

They collaborated after the pupils recorded a social media video in January in the hope of getting The Rock’s attention.<\/p>\n

Woodrow had told pupils that if the former WWE star saw the clip, he would take them to see the new Moana film for their end-of-year school trip.<\/p>\n

It quickly went viral and succeeded in catching the attention of the actor, who sent back a video message promising to hire out a cinema for them and their friends and family to watch the film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The 54-year-old also offered to pay for their sweets and snacks. <\/p>\n

In The Rock’s four-minute video, he added that he was “so moved” by the clip and it was “so cool” for them to attempt to contact him.<\/p>\n

“I heard you guys were super, super pumped and excited to see live action Moana, so I’m going to find a theatre, rent it out, and you guys are going to see Moana,” he told them.<\/p>\n

“Love you guys, keep doing great in school and, as Maui says, ‘You’re welcome’.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to the BBC at the event on Tuesday, Woodrow said: “For the biggest movie star on the planet to spend so much time with the children… that was incredible, and you could see how excited they were.<\/p>\n

“He said happy birthday to someone… and he took a video with them, so the children have all been in a movie with Dwayne Johnson now, which is incredible.<\/p>\n

“It’s been an amazing day. At the start of the day the children had no idea it was even going to happen, so it makes it even more special.”<\/p>\n

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