19/10/2024
Ghost stories were the order of the day today - building suspense and playing with plot structures π» Some seriously spooky stuff!
Creative writing workshops in Kingston upon Thames run by an experienced primary school teacher.
19/10/2024
Ghost stories were the order of the day today - building suspense and playing with plot structures π» Some seriously spooky stuff!
21/09/2024
Back for a new school year of creative writing, and this time we found inspiration for our stories in forests and woods! π²π²π²π²
A clue for next Saturday's writing class...
04/05/2024
Working on personification today - some amazing storm descriptions in our shipwreck stories! ππ
New Summer Term classes start tomorrow π This month's theme is 'Shipwrecked' π π
Take One Picture - stories inspired by art!π¨πΌπ
Everyone was far too busy writing for photos today, but we let our imaginations loose on the artwork of Chris Van Allsburg, writing the 'missing' stories to go with the pictures in this fantastic book:
27/01/2024
Some brilliant Y3 and 4 writing today in our 'To Infinity and Beyond' workshop! ππͺ
Y5 and 6 were so busy finishing theirs off until the last minute that I didn't manage to snap any stories from them βοΈβ¨οΈ!
New Spring Term Creative Writing Classes!
1.30pm-3pm Year 3 & 4
3pm-4.30pm Year 5, 6 & 7
Saturday 27th January - To Infinity and Beyond!
Saturday 24th February - Take One Picture
Saturday 23rd March - Tales of a Time Traveller
07/10/2023
A truly spook-tacular writing session today!
09/09/2023
Two great classes today working with some amazingly imaginative children!
We had everything from quests to return stolen treasure to its rightful owner to Hobbit-style expeditions to find a hoard of gold, with monsters, dragons, rockfalls, werewolf chases and raging rapids thrown in along the way! π§ππͺ¨ππ°
Looking forward to tomorrow's first creative writing class of the Autumn term-we'll be on a quest to find hidden treasure in the world of our own fantasy maps! βΈοΈβ¨οΈπ§ππ
Remaining Autumn term classes:
Tudor Drive Library
Year 3 and 4
1:30pm-3pm *all dates now fully booked*
Year 5, 6 and 7
3pm-4.30pm *limited spaces available*
Saturday 7th October - 'The Haunted House' - Write your very own spine-tingling tale of terror!
Saturday 4th November 'Animal Adventures' - Learn how to bring animals to life as the main characters in your stories.
Saturday 2nd December 'Winter Wonderlands' - Dive into wintery worlds of mystery and magic to inspire your story-writing ideas.
15/07/2023
Magic was certainly in the air this morning during our writing class! We had stories set in the 17th century when witchcraft was rife, a sports day filled with magic and mayhem, a lightning blast power used to beat school bullies and a story about finding out your magical destiny! All from a group of 7 and 8 years olds with amazing imaginationsβ¨οΈ