Author Robin Price put children at Tregoze Primary School through their creative paces when he ran a series of workshops for all children in the school.
Robin, a former BBC Children’s digital content editor, said: “It’s really nice to be able to come into schools and help inspire writers, especially reluctant writers.”
He explained that his approach involved providing a framework for children to develop their story ideas.
“I ask children to start by thinking of a setting and then populate it with characters and then to think of a problem that the characters might need to solve. From my experience, girls are better at planning their writing than boys. So this approach supports boys who might find writing to be a struggle because the planning is supported by this framework. It allows them to get straight into the action.”
Class teacher Peter Williams said: “The children have been really engaged with this – it’s a great opportunity for them to hear from an author and get inspired by some of the ideas that he is sharing today.”
Robin Price is the author of three historical series of children’s books Spartapuss, The Olympuss Games and Beowuff – where cats and dogs rule the world. His graphic novel London Deep was chosen as a Recommend Read for World Book Day in 2011. An Olivier nominated songwriter, Robin writes songs for Tall Stories theatre company. His writing credits include The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom (by Julia Donaldson) and a musical version of Something Else by the Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell. Robin’s visit to Tregoze school was funded by the Erasmus+ fund, a EU funded project aimed at supporting education projects throughout Europe.
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