Bispham Endowed C.E. Primary

I had visited Bispham Endowed a couple of times with my books but this was my first writing visit. The task was to create a short write about a nasty character called Bazza Simmons and the Year 6 group I was working with were enthusiastic and clearly loved writing. We started by reading an extract…

Barnoldswick CE Primary

I made an early start to head to Barnoldswick CE Primary for my first visit to the school. The morning started in Year 5. The pupils were keen to ask lots of questions before we started writing so I explained about my favourite book, where I get my story ideas from and what inspired me…

Northfold Primary

This was my second visit to Northfold as I’d been to share Impossible Tales last July. The children were as fantastic as ever and listened beautifully while I explained how Eric’s story came about. I think they were a bit shocked when I showed them all of the edited mauscripts. Hopefully they won’t complain the next…

Holy Trinity RC Primary

I’d visited Holy Trinity in January to share the Tales and Eric so I was thrilled to bits to be invited back for some storytelling and writing workshops. The morning kicked off with a whole school assembly where I shared one of the Impossible Tales. I pulled on the story waistcoat to share the story,…

Park Primary

It was an early start to get to Colne for a morning of storytelling and writing. The morning kicked off with a storytelling assembly with all of the children from Y1 – 6. The hall was packed and it was a delight to pull on the story waistcoat and share an Impossible Tale with the…

Strike Lane Primary

This was my first visit to Strike Lane and I was really excited to meet the pupils. As I hadn’t been before I kicked off the assembly by explaining the writing process involved in creating Impossible Tales. I shared an extract from Blown Away. Can there be a better way of starting a Tuesday morning…

Holy Family Catholic Primary

It had been a year since my last visit to Holy Family and I couldn’t wait to introduce the children to Eric and write with some of the classes. We kicked off the morning with an author assembly with Year 2 – 6. The children listened so well as I explained about the writing process…

Singleton Primary

The last time I visited Singleton Primary was somewhere around 1991. I was at high school and I went for a couple of weeks to get work experience. The school has changed lots since then but it is still a lovely place filled with cracking kids and fab staff. As this was my first visit…

Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday started off at Pegasus in Blackpool where I worked with two groups of pupils on their writing. We used Blown Away from Impossible Tales and focused on the ending of the story. The children had already heard the full story and we read the final few paragraphs to refresh their memories. We then…