‘Gawain gave me lots of ideas but most of all it helped me to realise that if I want children to write, I have to create a context for them to be in first – make it real for them – make them feel it,
What People Say
‘I learnt to express my feelings and not to be embarrassed’
Jack, Year 4, Middleton St. Mary’s Primary School
‘The evidence was in black and white in their writing – the standard genuinely rose after a days work together – amazing!’
David Eton, Deputy Head at Mount St Marys Primary School
‘Granny’s Underground Garden inspired my children to want to write their own stories – which they have been doing ever since.’
Heather Taylor, Year 3 Teacher, Clapgate Primary School
Project:
‘I liked the sound effects for the dungeon – we got to work together in a group and everyone listened carefully to one another. In the end it was good and really scary’
Melissa
‘I liked it at the end when Gwyneth became a knight because she was the first girl to ever become a knight – and she did!’
Brittany
Project:
‘You used so many hooks to get the children thinking and working...lots of different strategies. I have a whole load of new tools for my drama toolbox’
Rebecca Richardson, Year 4 teacher at Middleton Primary School
Thank you for our journey to the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the sea. The children loved every second of the adventure.
Miss Wynd and Mss Appleyard from Cookridge Holy Trinity Primary School
‘I liked the bit where Gwyneth and Gawain had their argument – and we got to have out own argument…It gives you a chance to say what you think and put it in the story’.
Olivia
Project:
‘The resource pack was great – the perfect springboard into the rest of the curriculum. I am going to share it with the whole staff’.
Sally Spavin, Deputy Head, Pudsey Tyersal Primary School
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Plus masks and visor and a lot more distancing than in this pic Martin Riley for Alive & Kick