China Class had a visit from Kate Willis-Crowley on Tuesday 17th March and they were all really inspired. Kate showed us how she generates her ideas and she gave the children a challenge to create an expressive face with a set number of lines.
Here are the children's comments following her wonderful visit:
My
favourite part was when we drew a picture.
I
really was happy because I learnt a lot.
I
learnt a lot about how to write a story.
I
learnt a lot about authors.
I felt
like I could write a book.
My
favourite part was when we did the beginning, middle and end.
I
loved it when we did the pictures.
I
feel really lucky because probably no-one else would have had Kate in their
class and we have enjoying her book.
I feel
lucky because no other class did what we did with Kate.
My
favourite part was when we were doing some illustrating on our paper.
l
learnt more about
I
was really inspired by Kate because she told us a lot about books.
I was
over the moon because I have never seen her before.
I
learnt a lot about how to write books and I was really excited about Kate
coming.
I felt
happy about Kate coming.
It was
a great experience to see a book awards author and she is a very imaginative
writer.
I felt
over the moon because I learnt more about authors.
I just felt I was writing it all by myself in my head and it was really fun
because I’ve never seen a real life author before.
I
was just literally amazed to see the real life author of Queen Sardine.
I felt
inspired about what it is like to be an author and it gave me more confidence
to write books.
Last
time when I tried to write a book I was struggling a lot but now Kate has
visited, I know what to do to write my book.
I
felt really happy because I have learnt more to write a story.
I was
really joyful when we were doing the drawings.
When I
was doing my picture she was really kind to me.
