Pupil reacts to meeting Obama: 'You meet the President... then it's just an ordinary school day!'

Mount Pleasant Primary School pupil Ben Thornton, who welcomed President Obama, told ITV News how nervous he was beforehand.

"You don't get this opportunity everyday do you?" he told reporter Megan Boot.

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Teacher Andrew Rothwell said the school's Twitter account might have been the reason the school was chosen for the visit.

In pictures: The moment President Obama greeted schoolchildren in Welsh

Watch President Obama talking to pupils below: