• I had a wonderful day of drawing and storytelling yesterday at the Samworth Enterprise Academy – Leicester – a huge, modern school catering for nursery up to year 11. The lasting impression I have is of the staff toilets, (they are co-educational, if you get what I mean! Very continental and surprising. I’m told you get used to it.) The Academy has a business and enterprise focus and some of the year two children had set up a car wash business in their £10 investment competition. I didn’t find out what the others were doing, but I think it’s great idea to teach children how money works and that you can make money yourself and not need to rely on others to provide a job.

    I took this picture if a cat and dog drawing done by Kaidi-Leigh in the reception class. She put so much concentration into it. I love the way she has surrounded the character in a sort of force field. I’ve see all sorts of version of these drawings now, but this one is very different with a very personal vision. I’m sure she will go far!

    Thanks for a great day everyone and keep up the great drawings!

  • On Friday, the iPad 2 was launched in Europe. I was in Nice and saw the Queues snaking around the Cap 3000 shopping mall, as people tried t get their hands on one. so I thought I’d do a little video to show you how to draw one.

  • Friday was my last day in France and we went to the International School in Nice. I had a wonderful day there and met my two most ardent fans, Alfie and Sophia who were vying to be number one! The children had done a lot of research about me from my website and seemed to know more about me than I did myself.

    It was a very long day. By the time I’d got back to Heathrow and picked up my car and driven back home, it was nearly one i the morning. I’d had to put my clock back and hour so it really felt like two in the morning and then today I had to put my clock forward an hour again, so I’m a little confused!

    It was a lovely sunny day and a very friendly school. A week in France has made me realise just how paranoid we have become about school security. British schools have begun to resemble prisons in the last ten years, so it’s refreshing to find old-fashioned trust and hospitality still alive on the Cote D’Azur!

    Thanks for a great day everyone.