Walgrave School visit

A most energising session with Year 6 at Walgrave Primary. They were an amazingly responsive and well informed group, all praise due to their teacher, Mrs Parker. I concentrated on the current book being written, "Narwhal" and asked them to write their own endings to the story.
When I paid a return visit they were eager to know about the success of their own stories. Some of their ideas were delightful - like the mechanical tusk that could make phone calls, and the hero learning to speak "seal." For their age there were some excellent images - "the wind howled like a wolf to the moon" - and several story endings were very well structured. The one that really caught my eye was the very unusual way of ending by choosing a sacrificial substitute victim. I thought this story ending had other levels in it which made it quite sophisticated writing for a ten year old. This was valuable information for me as a writer to learn how knowledgeable children can be at this age. Well done Year 6!