Abbey to Whipton... another busy week!

It's been another very busy week... starting at Abbey School in Torquay on Monday to meet the children again following my showcase event before the weekend. The old school building provided a perfect setting and the enthused students queued patiently to have their Bradley Baker books signed.

I headed up to Exeter in the afternoon (and what a contrast in buildings - a large modern school packed with very excited children indeed) to meet teachers and pupils at St Michael's School. What a reception... there were posters advertising my visit on every entrance, with 300+ students waiting in the hall to see the Bradley Baker showcase extravaganza! A brilliant event and special thanks to Sally Baker (no relation to the boy hero) for organising the day and for really promoting the visit.

I attended an arranged awards ceremony at KEVICC on Tuesday morning... children from all 12 Totnes Schools were in attendance with their respective Headteachers and parents. Here are three of the students representing Broadhempston Primary with their certificates.

A return to St Michael's School in Exeter followed in the afternoon and I was delighted to be interviewed by the local press and have pictures taken of the signing event. I'll post some more updates when the news story appears in the Express & Echo.

A paid a return visit to Torre Primary in Torquay on Wednesday morning to meet classes 1 & 2 to hear about their storytelling and creative writing exercises. Its great to see so many young children stepping onto the literary ladder and producing such fantastic work. Thanks to Sue Julyan for inviting me into school again. I then headed over to Westlands Secondary School for the second of four literacy workshops... we are well on the way to producing a fantastic book, which will create 30 new authors who will be published online. Great stuff!!!

Thursday soon came around and it was time to visit the children at Topsham Primary School. The showcase was absolutely brilliant with lots of pupils taking part and recreating the characters form my Bradley Baker adventure books. This was followed by a busy book signing event...

 

The week was topped off with a return author visit to Whipton Barton... this time it was the infants turn to enjoy the Bradley Baker showcase and we all had a great time. It's such a wonderful school (both Juniors and Infants) and I'd like to thank Sarah Ronson for looking after me on the day.

 

 

That's all till next week folks... thanks for viewing this week's blogspot.

Best wishes DLJ