Last week I visited an infants and junior school in Windsor. Recently my school visits have been to Sixth Forms, running workshops for the Royal Literary Fund encouraging writing skills, although in the past I have run many workshops in schools and other venues. This visit was with a much larger group of very lively younger children! I went through a slide show of some of my work, emphasising the importance of having curiosity and of reading as much as possible, telling the school assembly how I had been a very late reader. I just didn’t get it, until I was about seven or eight. Then I couldn’t stop.
Then, volunteers from the audience pulled faces showing different moods. Children drew them as characters and gave them a voice. No actual cats involved.
Just a small sample of the wonderful drawings made that morning by a group of fifty or so. Early the next day a box of flowers was delivered with this card – how lovely!
Well played Sally K. And a lovely gesture from the school to thank you xdavid