He ran a really fun, informative and engaging assembly for KS1 which inspired a lot of our children to want to become authors. Simon's workshops were also really engaging and even made some of our reluctant writers eager to pick up a pencil and get involved.
Stuart (Catherington Church of England Infant School)
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Simon Philip
Graham was outstanding when he came to visit our school. His talk to our year 7's & 8's about his books was truly inspirational giving them a slice of local history alongside pure imagination and adventure! Our students were captivated and totally engaged by what he had to say. He encouraged them that if they wanted to author a book, just to take the risk and start it and that they could go back and edit their work over and over later if necessary and as their confidence grows. He also encouraged them to take inspiration from their surroundings which he has done to great effect in his own books. Totally brilliant! We loved having him here. Thank you Graham!
Tracy (Deptford Green School)
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Graham Whitlock
Absolutely brilliant visit that both students and staff appreciated Abiola is warm and friendly and her talk to year 10 was interesting and engaging. Her workshops were fun and the students really enjoyed them. We would love for her to come back in the future!
Emma (Bishop Ramsey Church Of England School)
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Abiola Bello
We had a lovely day of workshops with Nigel Blackman for our World Book Day celebrations last week. After a highly engaging assembly sharing his illustrations, he spent time with each of our KS2 classes to support their work to create dinosaur drawings based on his book.
Kat (St Anne's Catholic Primary School)
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NS Blackman
Damian was fantastic with the children!! We Would highly recommend him.
Carly (Millfields primary school)
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Damian Harvey
The children and staff at Oaks absolutely loved working with Pippa on our World Book Day event. Pippa inspired children with her own stories, ran engaging workshops with children which were inclusive, supportive and challenging for all abilities. We would absolutely love to welcome Pippa back to Oaks in the future to inspire the next generation of authors!
Thomas (Oaks Primary Academy)
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Philippa Joyner
We had a fantastic morning with Maudie, all the children were really engaged and loved seeing her books and where her ideas came from. This was a really useful insight into how writers gain their inspiration.
Thank you for a wonderful morning.
Alice (Newtown Community Primary School)
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Maudie Smith
We enjoyed a very interesting and interactive day with John O'Leary on Friday. We loved seeing some of his books and hearing about how he starts his writing and illustrating process. John worked with each year group -teaching them some of his paper engineering techniques. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day. Thank you John.
Lisa (Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School)
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John O'Leary
Jack was an absolute hit with teachers and pupils alike! From his engaging whole school assembly in the morning to his jaw-dropping science demonstrations in the year group workshops, the whole school was buzzing. We loved hearing Jack's science based poetry- perfect for our World Book Day poetry focus. Jack was so warm and friendly- it was a pleasure having him as a visiting author. Thank you Jack!
Vicki (Backwell Junior School)
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Jack Challoner
Simon visited our specialist provision today and was just wonderful.
His sessions were perfectly paced and so captivating, you could have heard a pin drop as the students were gripped!
Simon's activities were engaging, and all classes were buzzing afterwards, keen to share what they had done and how much they had enjoyed it. Simon worked with four classes from KS1 to KS3 and each enjoyed their session just as much.
We welcome Simon back to Poppy Field any time, he was wonderful.
Thank you so much!
Nicky (Poppy Field School)
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Simon Adepetun