Inspiring Young Readers
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Cressida Cowell comes to Cheltenham posted on 11 Oct 2019
Cheltenham Literature Festival is always stimulating, but also very tiring for us elderly folk. So I was relieved to seat myself in a comfy chair....
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Brilliant Brains at Rufford Primary School in Stourbridge posted on 04 Oct 2019
What a pleasure it is to spend time in a school that clearly places a big emphasis on the importance of enjoying books.
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Year Five Poets at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Malvern posted on 24 Jan 2019
I used extracts from a few of my favourite stories with a refugee related theme to inspire Year Five children to write acrostic poems in pairs.
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Cinderella as part of a topic about Egypt posted on 29 Nov 2018
When I was working with a group of Year Three children at Somers Park Primary School in Malvern the other day....
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Alison Jay inspires young artists posted on 26 Nov 2018
I always enjoy the chance to spend time looking closely at the books of an illustrator with groups of Year Three children
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Travelling to the East from Greenfield Primary School in Stourbridge posted on 21 Nov 2018
I was very pleased to be invited back to Greenfield Primary School in Stourbridge...
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The Pleasure of Pop-ups posted on 06 Nov 2018
There is something very special about working with seven and eight year olds.
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Pirate Paul and Professor Edwin lend me some books posted on 17 Jul 2018
I have recently been asked to do two ‘Wild Things and Gold Rings’ events about two very different subjects at different schools.
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Drawings inspired by The Elephant’s Garden by Jane Ray posted on 13 Jul 2018
It would be all too easy for me to get big headed when I visit Somers Park Primary School.
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Enjoying Zeraffa Giraffa posted on 25 Jun 2018
After the resounding success of using The Lost Happy Endings last week with a group of Year Three children at Somers Park Primary School in Malvern..