Amazing! It's been enlightening and wonderful to have Richard join our Cub pack twice. First visit he inspired the Cubs with his story characters and explained how he wrote and came up with ideas. The pack then gave Richard some key words and a month later Richard returned with a short story to read to the Cubs on World Book Day! We dressed up and acted out some scenes and all the Cubs went home with a purchased book from Richard's Trilogy The Temporal Detectives.
It was a pleasure and we are so grateful as it's also inspired some of the Cubs to continue and compete their Book Reader Activity Badge.
Thank you for this service as we couldn't have been introduced to Richard otherwise.
Natalie (4th Eastleigh Cubs)
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Richard Hardie
We had a wonderful visit from Penny Joeslson this year to kick start our World Book Day celebrations. She delivered an inspiring talk to Years 7, 8 & 9 sharing the stories behind her books and offering a fascinating insight into her writing process. Her key message to our girls was perseverance matters and to never give up! Penny also led a creative writing workshop with Years 7 & 8 - the girls all worked really well together and produced some fantastic storylines! All-in-all, it was a great visit.
Karen (Palmers Green High School)
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Penny Joelson
Such an incredible event! All children and staff really enjoyed the assemblies. Thank you so so much.
Minara (St Stephen’s Junior School)
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Nazima Pathan
Claire was inspirational during her visit to our school. Staff and pupils were enthused by her expertise and the joy she brought to her sessions. The creative element to her workshop was really appreciated by staff and pupils alike. The drawing element of the workshop allowed pupils' ideas to come to life and created a real buzz about writing!
Nehal (Richard Lee Primary School)
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Claire Alexander
Abena was an inspiration for pupils. She signed copies of her book and gave pupils an excellent insight into her journey as an author. Additionally, she provided pupils with practical steps towards becoming authors and interacting brilliantly with pupils.
Nehal (Richard Lee Primary School)
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Abena Eyeson
We really enjoyed a visit from Jack Challoner on Friday 6th March. It was fantastic, thanks!
Louisa (Keevil Primary School)
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Jack Challoner
Fabulous day. Children really enjoyed sessions. Thank you!
Abigail (Well Lane Primary School)
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Damian Harvey
Absolutely outstanding visit, so knowledgeable and engaging; would not hesitate to recommend or book again!
Neil (Westmorland School)
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Sally Nicholls
Andrew led an engaging whole school assembly in the morning which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Throughout the day he led engaging workshops across the school and the feedback was excellent. He launched our new school library and this was a wonderful event and then he signed copies of his books and he also donated a few of these to our school. We had a fantastic day and I would recommend Andrew to other schools. The children enjoyed his poetry and also his picture books.
Angela (Oakmere Primary school)
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Andrew Weale
Matt was really engaging, charismatic, and the sentiment of the workshops were also a great idea. He was brilliant in the Q&A and the preparation was good before with a phone call, sorting out groups etc. the children really enjoyed the assemblies and workshops.
I would suggest that for the first assembly, there could be a short branching narrative to introduce the idea, and a ppt with pictures / his books etc to sharpen up delivery. I would also suggest that the workshops could be supported with pictures of some sort as well, or maybe after using AI when the children have made their story? I found it hard to follow just listening to it. We are a deprived area in Nottingham and pictures/ practical resources really support with this.
Elizabeth (Highbank Primary and Nursery School)
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Matt Beighton