Tag: school visit
School Visits – What a performance!
My eye was caught by a link to a blog entitled Dealing with performance anxiety, with Dr David Roland. It got me thinking. Not being an actor, I’ve always say that I “Perform” my stories during the sessions I do in schools and libraries. I always add the ironic quote marks. I’ve had no training…
The incredibly easy way to become a great writer!
There is only one way to learn how to write well, increase your vocabulary and really begin to understand grammar and language structure. You need to experience writing in action, by reading it and listening to it. As we read, we imbibe new words, new idioms, new turns of phrases, new ways of breaking the…
The Shocking Truth About Literacy Testing
Authors, travelling around schools, see stuff – stuff that inspectors would never see or even bother to look for, because inspectors are looking for what they want to see. I keep seeing the Green, Amber and Red colours of testing software printouts. This software works out where to put the most resources to achieve the…
