My November Visit to You

Did you notice a whirlwind at school last Wednesday?  That was me!

First I was with P3M and P3A/W reading from The Mucker's Tale and wondering what might happen if you said Abracadabra backwards, which is, of course ...

ARBADACARBA!

(The answer is Spells That Go Wrong! and you wrote some crackers!)

Then on to P4W/B and then P5B and then P5W and then P4Mc where we talked about what might happen if we put a character into a situation that made them feel worried and anxious and what we got were ... 

SOME REALLY SCARY SCENES! 

And in-between there somewhere I told the story of Ribburta and the Run-ragged Babysitting Adventure to the P1s and read some of the other classes' work and answered questions and asked questions and had my photo taken with some P6s and was amazed all over again at ...

WHAT A GREAT SCHOOL QUEENSFERRY PRIMARY IS!

Thanks for having me and, till I see you next -

KEEP READING!

and

KEEP WRITING!

P6 and P7 - Spot Yourself among the Writers!

I had a great time doing writing workshops with the P6s and P7s - now, can you find yourself in the pictures?  It's like Where's Wally, without the stripey sweater! 

(And, just in case you were wondering, the people who are hiding their eyes are doing that to help them see the scene they're about to write in their minds ... not because they've all suddenly got headaches!)

Writers at Work!

On Tuesday 12 May I had another amazing day at Queensferry Primary School!  

There were 2 lightning visits with the P3 classes, where I got to see their excellent newspaper reports, book reviews and art work - I tell you, I felt 10 foot tall leaving the classrooms after hearing and seeing all that quality work - THANK YOU!

And there were creative writing workshops with the P7 and P6 classes - we were writing flash fiction story starters.  It was really exciting stuff - no two stories the same, and hearing the writers read out afterwards was a highlight for me!  And here are just a few quick photos of just some of the Writers at Work - can you name them?  (If only everybody had transparent heads, you'd be able to see the amazing stories inside!)

So much concentration - so much creativity!  I salute you, P6s and P7s!

And I'm coming back!!!!!  I'll be telling you more about my next visit closer to the time.  Can't wait!

P.S.  Photos from the Mystery Assembly are on their way - come back to the blog soon and you'll get to see them!