Lockdown journey through nature inspired by the book Rain Before Rainbows
We have been exploring the words and pictures of the book Rain Before Rainbows to help children represent the changes of feelings during lockdown through metaphors linked to nature. This was the model I shared and edited with the children. The children then drew their...
A flashback…As teachers we stand proud and tall…
I thought, on the eve of our return, I would share something I wrote back in May and was too scared to share. But, I’m grabbing the bull by the horns so to speak and, following the inspiration and feeling from last week’s Twitter chat, I’m sharing this. Although...
Choose One Book
This is a short story that I was inspired to write by Ben Harris after his recent #booksnearbedtime chat on Twitter. He had a question that was devilishly cruel and asked us which book we would choose if we had to give all of our books away but were allowed to choose...
Cat and Poppy vs Cat’s Bother and Digger- A Story about Mr Dinner’s Gang
One day Cat,Poppy,Cat's brother and Digger went to a restrauant where they ordered pizia as they got it Poppy said can "I have it all?". "No", they said, so Poppy go angry so she threw the piziz at Cat. Then he got hold of pasta from a random plate then everyone ran...
Why Reading for Pleasure?
I decided to write a poem to share my love of reading with the children in my class. So many books... Not sure where to look? Let's tidy them up as a start, Then read them all and awaken the heart. Reading is everywhere, all shapes and sizes, Look around and you'll...
A Place Where I Always Go.
New to this community and excited to share my writing and be inspired by that of others. During this period of lockdown, I have often stopped to think about all the places and people that are part of my idea of ‘home’. I chose to turn to writing to make these come...
Reflections On ‘Writing for Pleasure’ by Ross Young and Felicity Ferguson: Chapter One ‘Teachers’ Orientations’
Felicity Ferguson and Ross Young from the Writing for Pleasure Centre are experts when it comes to teaching writing. Chapter One of their latest book, Writing for Pleasure: Theory, Research and Practice, is a neatly structured, meticulously researched summary of...
Mr Dinner and the Seagull Restaurant
Written with help from a younger writer... Once Mr Dinner went to a restaurant but next to him was a large seagull. Mr Dinner got very angry because he hates seagulls so he drank his drink to try and calm down. But it didn't work, then he threw the can at the seagull....
Creative writing club story – £1,000,000 lottery prize
As I sat in my tiny kitchen, where the walls were damp and crumbling, and the appliances were almost all broken, I smiled. Soon, I would be gone from this prison that I had had to call my home for the last 10 years. The letter clutched tightly in my hand held my...
Mr Dinner and the Lottery Win
As you may or may not know, Mr Dinner is not your usual purple bear, and therefore you may not be surprised to find out that he regularly brought a lottery ticket… One day his numbers were called up. Mr Dinner was now a millionaire with a million pounds to his name....
.
All Our Blog
