School Visits with Just Imagine

On 30th April, I visited Chelmsford for some school visits arranged by Just Imagine Story Centre.

At Tyrrells Primary, I ran a character design workshop for Year 6 students from Tyrrels, The Bishops’ School and Springfield Primary (nothing to do with The Simpsons).

Tyrrels workshop - me reading to students

The group came up with some amazingly original characters, including a kind-hearted pygmy elephant, a leprechaun who would rather kill children than see them upset, a sock-hating forest being who had to cross an ocean to rescue her family from a museum, an animated gargoyle who could pick locks with his teeth, a youthful criminal mastermind, a girl who turned into a marshmallow due to an extreme allergic reaction, an unpronounceable alienĀ  and many more. I really hope that some of those ideas become stories!

With students from The Bishops’ School

After lunch we traveled to Felsted Primary, where I gave a talk in the music room, followed by a signing in the sunshine.

Felsted School - reading to crowd

Felsted School - Aesop tiles
A couple of Victorian tiles depicting Aesop’s Fables, over the fireplace in Felsted’s music room

 

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