Be an Author Week 2016

The week beginning 8th February 2016 was our annual Be an Author Week. In fact, the week had begun slightly early, because on the previous Friday, we enjoyed an entertaining visit from James Carter. In the build-up to Be an Author Week, the children had carried out, over two weeks, some research at home into China: its culture, people and place names as well as what role dragons take in Chinese stories. This research was vital in enabling the children to make a start on their stories. 

At the start of the week, the children planned out their story. The teachers read some Chinese stories to give the children some ideas of what to include in their work. We also had a useful Tai Chi session, learned some Chinese language, had a go at using the Chinese number system, saw some food and undertook some art. All of this was then used by the children in their story writing. By Friday of the week, we had stories from all the children that they can be rightly proud of. Depending on how the class undertook their work, these stories will now be available for the children to read either in their classrooms, online or both. Finally, the costumes worn on the Friday were fantastic and the year group looked very colourful.