Simon did a really inspiring whole school assembly about not giving up, which really captured children of all ages in our school. His books also have the unique selling point of his daughter being an illustrator, which the children also loved. The workshops were really fantastic for the children to be part of, but he is probably slighter more appropriate for KS2 than KS1 in terms of workshops with his books. Either way, the kids really did enjoy having him in school as a diverse, male role model in writing and reading for them to look up to!
Emily (St. Hilda’s CE Primary School)
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Simon Adepetun
Ellie visited our school as part of our World Book Day activities. She was super and went down really well with children and staff alike. The children loved her books and Ellie was so inspiring when talking about the process of writing and becoming an author. We also loved the Science link through Ellie's book 'The Matilda Effect.' An excellent author visit.
Stella (Earls Colne Primary School)
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Ellie Irving
The whole day was just amazing. Matt truly delivered, the pupils were engaged & didn't stop talking about for days on end. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending Matt Oldfield to other schools. Our principle Rev Leach even came to me to say what a brilliant choice of author :-)
I was impressed how he dedicated his time to speaking to the pupils during the lunch period too. I do hope Matt enjoyed it as much as we (Walkwood) did. Please thank him again for his time and energy. NB my library shelves are still empty of the football books, one comes in and goes straight out again.
Michelle (Walkwood CE Middle School)
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Matt Oldfield
The event with Josh was amazing. The starting assembly engaged the whole school and the workshops with each year group made the children want to spend extra time on their work.
A fantastic day!
Matt (St. Peter's C of E Junior School)
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Josh Lacey
Danielle Jawando is an inspiring speaker and her workshops are creative and engaging. Our students hugely benefitted form her visit to our school and we will definitely be inviting her back to work with our students again!
Martha (William Hulme's Grammar School)
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Danielle Jawando
Damien has been an absolute pleasure to work with! I would recommend him for any event for young people.
Nora (Animal Aspirations at the Royal Veterinary College)
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Damien Hine
The children loved Kevin. He engaged them with his stories and they enjoyed joining in.
Lauren (Stone cross school)
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Kevin Graal
Great visit. Thank you Maudie :-)
Lisa (Cherhill primary)
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Maudie Smith
Susanne was great and the children really enjoyed her visit. Very professional and the answers to the questions in the Q and A were very informative for the children.
Beth (Church Drive Primary School)
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Susanne T Schroder
Ian Douglas was a great addition to our activities offered on world book day. He was a pleasure to work with, the children were really inspired by his workshop and they have gone on to produce some fantastic independent writing! I would highly recommend booking Ian for an author visit to engage and inspire your children through work with an experienced author.
Daniel (St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy)
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Ian C Douglas