D J Cattrell (call me Jason) offers schools a variety of workshops aimed at inspiring children to spend more time writing for fun and reading for enjoyment. With 15 years experience in Psychiatry and 10 years experience in Theatre and play writing bringing workshops to life and hearing children giggle en-Masse has become an addiction! I have been visiting schools for the last three years and every single one has been a delight!
\nwww.djcattrellauthor.com
\nI aim my many workshops at inspiring children through laughter and story games. Stories are not about words though they help but about events (think Shaun the Sheep!)
\nI do 30 minute to 1 hour long interactive talks on writing and playwriting as well as adult workshops and workshops for communities of Home educated children.
\nI truly believe that making children giggle and create are the best tools to inspire them to become engaged with literacy and so that is what I do.
\nThe two books so far written for children available from me or Amazon or you can order from your own local bookshop.
\nThe Bucket https://youtu.be/FtXvEuHkJLE and The Bag https://youtu.be/zG61Ksz3F7s
\nThe workshops are aimed at children of all reading ages and upwards (to the age of 105) and concentrate on learning through fun in large groups (150) or less (3).
\nI fit my sessions around your schools needs rather than impose my needs onto your school so chat with me and let's use a session that most fits the schools needs.
\nI also do creative writing workshops for the Essex Book festival and am glad to say each one has been a sell out!
\nI live in Colchester Essex and can travel to withing around 40miles in any direction. Further if required but I may need more time to arrange childminders for my own kids for after school (2 daughters).
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I am trying to put together a special day during world book week starting 29th April.\r\nI am inviting some children from a local school to come and discuss with our residents their favourite books and our residents would like to tell them about the children's stories they enjoyed in their childhood. As an extra to this being a local author I thought it would be lovely if you could talk to us about your favourite book and some of your own work.\r\nI hope this is possible.\r\nI look forward to hearing from you.\r\n\r\nKind regards\r\nLaura","enquiryOnly":true,"engagementConfirmedDisplay":"unconfirmed","oppositeEngagementConfirmedDisplay":"confirmed","ipAddress":"87.75.208.194","responseDateTime":"2019-02-26T15:28:04.175553","feedback":null,"feedbackFromClientOn":null,"bookingConfirmationFromClientOn":null,"showFeedbackOnWebsite":false,"showFeedbackOnAuthorsProfile":false,"organisationUrl":null,"hideFromAuthor":false,"id":1023,"createdOn":"2019-02-26T15:28:04.175553","createdOnDisplay":"Tuesday, 26 Feb 2019","createdOnAndTimeDisplay":"26 Feb 2019 15:28","createdBy":"6eb00abc-1168-408d-afd9-b7a3f71013fc","modifiedOn":"2019-02-26T00:15:37.302412","modifiedOnAndTimeDisplay":"26 Feb 2019 00:15","modifiedBy":null,"brokenRules":[]},{"authorId":333,"date":"2020-07-07T00:00:00","fullName":"Alice Saunders","fullNameAndDate":"Alice Saunders : Tuesday, 07 Jul 2020","fullNameAndOrganisation":"Alice Saunders","firstNameAndOrganisation":"Alice","organisation":null,"organisationOrNameIfNull":"Alice Saunders","email":"asaunders@trinityroad.essex.sch.uk","address":"Trinity Road","postcode":"CM1 6HS","fullAddress":"CM1 6HS","fullAddressOrEmailIfPresent":"asaunders@trinityroad.essex.sch.uk","phone":null,"contactDetails":"e: asaunders@trinityroad.essex.sch.uk ","engagementClientType":null,"engagementType":{"text":"Workshop","listOrder":0,"active":true,"id":4,"createdOn":"2018-02-18T17:16:23.228582","createdOnDisplay":"Sunday, 18 Feb 2018","createdOnAndTimeDisplay":"18 Feb 2018 17:16","createdBy":"Seed Method","modifiedOn":"2020-04-22T10:12:34.5868731","modifiedOnAndTimeDisplay":"22 Apr 2020 10:12","modifiedBy":null,"brokenRules":[]},"curriculum":null,"message":"We are interested in having an author visit day. 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