Creative writing workshops for schools

DENIS BOND is an ex-teacher who has had more than 70 books published and who has written hundreds of TV scripts. He has visited over a thousand different schools throughout the UK and abroad, is a member of The National [...]

Tanzanian writer and multi-instrumentalist musician, Freddy Macha, hails from Kilimanjaro, highest mountain in Africa. Based in London he has been journalist and columnist in both Swahili and English languages for many decades. Recently his voice has been heard reading for BBC Radio 4 [...]

Writing and performing high quality poetry is a real and valuable skill well within reach of all children in our primary schools. Inviting a professional children˙s poet to work in school can be a fantastic opportunity for children and teachers [...]

Comic, author, poet Ian Billings’ literacy workshops and stand-up comedy shows address key objectives for KS2 Literacy. Ian presents LITERARY WORKSHOPS about creating character, action and narrative to convey story, themes, emotions and ideas – Using dramatic techniques to explore [...]

Primary: Large interactive storytelling sessions Smaller class-based creative writing workshops Talking about books Deep Learning/Spectacular starts: Ice and Fire, Africa, Great Barrier Reef Secondary: Creative writing workshops on Short Fiction From Picture Books to Short Stories

For pre-school I give story telling workshops with puppets, for primary pupils – story & illustration workshops, for secondary – workshops on the integration of text,type & image in the picture book

I use Greek Myths,fairytales and Shakespeare’s stories in a creative use of Story telling, enactment and drama games. This stimulates the imagination and is an aid to story and poetry writing. Suitable for KS2.
Ideas for follow up work given.
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An award-winning author of eighty books for children – from picture books to teenage novels – I offer a range of lively and fun-filled creative writing workshops on prose and poetry for all ages. Sharing techniques and strategies that have [...]

Fiona Cummings leads fun, interactive workshops. She shows how to build characters and storylines and shows the value of editing work (however painful that might be!) Fiona uses pros and role-play to keep children stimulated and ensures that each child [...]