After visiting Lowton St Mary’s in April, it was lovely to return to share more stories and write with Year 3 and 4. The morning started with a KS2 assembly. I put on the storytelling waistcoat and shared ‘Junk from the Trunk’, one of the Tales from the first book. We started off in a…
Some of my visits take me all over the North West, but Carleton Green is very close to home – literally round the corner from my house! It brings a whole new meaning to ‘local author’. It had been over a year since I had last visited with Eric Appleby so it was fab to…
It’s fabulous to revisit schools that I have been to before on my writing adventure, but there is always something extra special about visiting a school for the first time. Admittedly, I get a bit nervous, but I’m also very excited too. Park Community Academy contacted me about taking part in their ‘Book Day’ and…
After visiting to deliver the session in 2016, it was lovely to return to Waterloo Primary to share some spooky stories and talk to the current Year 4 pupils about writing scary stories. I put the storytelling waistcoat on and started the session with a story that features a Halloween dare and an abandoned old…
I had a fantastic time at Lowton St Mary’s and was fortunate enough to meet many of the pupils during my first morning in school. The visit began with an author assembly. Year 2 to 6 listened really well as I squeezed the last three years into forty minutes, starting with the first hand-written drafts…
I’m always a little nervous when I visit a school for the first time, so after seeing off a few butterflies I made the short journey to Charles Saer Community Primary in Fleetwood. After fitting all of the pupils, from Year 1 to Year 6, into the hall, I started right at the beginning with Impossible Tales…
In 1994 I sat my A-levels at Blackpool Sixth Form College before leaving to go on to uni to train as a teacher. At that time, I didn’t think I would ever return as an author, but twenty-three years later that’s exactly what happened during the final event of the half term. When Helen Crowther…
The half term ended with a flurry of author assemblies close to home across the Fylde Coast. First up was a visit to Singleton Primary. It was lovely to return to share ‘More Impossible Tales’ with the Year 3 – 6 pupils. The children listened beautifully as I explained the process involved in creating the…
After taking an enforced break from my school events due to a health issue, it was marvellous to gradually restart things with a couple of author assemblies in local schools. It had been over two years since my last visit to St Nicholas Primary. The last time I visited, I had only written the first…
My last visit to Manor Beach was in December 2016. I had a great time sharing ‘More Impossible Tales’, so it was lovely to be invited back to lead a storytelling assembly and two writing workshops. The morning started with a storytelling session in the hall with all of the Key Stage 2 pupils. The…