Monthly Archives: March 2010

I had a great day with the Flintshire Writing Squad, as I knew I would. We worked on the theme of ‘Quest’. In the morning the group drew an island on which the quest would take place and in the … Continue reading →

 I am in a different country today. Wales to be exact. It’s similar to England but the streets signs are different and there are more sheep. On the road, instead of saying ‘slow’ it says ‘araf.’ In this part of … Continue reading →

Welcome to my world!  Home-Start authors being interviewed by the local press I was delighted to attend a book launch with a difference in Newark today. The book, Island Adventures, was written by mums from Home-Start, a charity that supports … Continue reading →

Even though we don’t live in Yorkshire any more we get the Yorkshire Post on a Monday to read the Huddersfield Town match report. It wasn’t that which vexed me for once but an article in the main paper by … Continue reading →

Families were out in force spending their World Book Day Vouchers today.  Here I am with some of the children who came to Waterstone’s in Nottingham after my school visits and assemblies this week. So sorry about the ‘red eye’ … Continue reading →

Families were out in force spending their World Book Day Vouchers today.  Here I am with some of the children who came to Waterstone’s in Nottingham after my school visits and assemblies this week. So sorry about the ‘red eye’ … Continue reading →

Y6 Forest Fields Primary School On to Forest Fields Primary School in Nottingham today. I offered to give a whole school assembly as thanks to the girls who helped me with Tabinda’s story. The four girls standing on the right … Continue reading →

Alan MacDonald and Helena Pielichaty in Dayncourt School Library I celebrated World Book Day with Alan MacDonald in Nottingham this year. We visited two schools; Candleby Lane Junior in Cotgrave and Dayncourt Specialist Sports College in Radcliffe on Trent. Both … Continue reading →