Birmingham and Erdlington Hall Primary School
Jelly bean bull
It’s the start of school visits season. My first booking of the year was at Erdington Hall Primary School near Birmingham. I arrived in Birmingham the night before and spent the early evening looking round the Bull Ring area of the city centre. I was impressed with this life-size bull in the confectionery section of Selfridges. it was made entirely of jelly beans. Sugar heaven!
Next morning I managed to arrive at the school on time by setting off an hour and a half earlier than I needed to because Erdington is off junction 6 of the notoriously busy M6 motorway - now with lovely roadworks to add extra joy to your journey. Junction 6 is famous for being complicated - they don’t call it ’spaghetti junction’ for nothing. Luckily by getting up at 6.30 am and setting of at 7.30 am I managed to travel the 20 miles and successfully negotiate spaghetti junction in a mere hour and 20 minutes giving me time for a cup of tea before I began.
Erdington Hall Primary School is a huge Victorian building with original tiles half way up the walls and those long corridors built for confusing visitors. I did a whole school assembly then met the Year 3,4,5 & 6 classes. What a great bunch of kids. As usual they were fascinated with the fox fur I show when talking about Vicious Circle. Some thought it was a meerkat. None believed it was ‘real.’ Thank you to all the children who listened well and participated in the workshops. Have a great World Book Day on Thursday.
Tags: Vicious Circle