What an amazing morning at King Edwards High School for Girls!
Year 5, plus Miss Allender and Mrs Platts, went off on a jaunt to learn more about writing a good story. The excitement on the bus was tangible and even Year 5 were excited!
KES had invited a real life author to come and teach five local schools about how to create an exciting short story from a published author’s perspective. He spent some time discussing with the pupils how to keep the tension of the story going. We all learnt that most stories come from our own experiences and Mike managed to create so much tension that he had us all on the edge of our seats, particularly when he recounted his ‘ghostly’ experience. The moment in the story when he revealed… Unfortunately, I can’t tell you about the story itself and you will need to speak to your Year 5 child to find out what happened in his story and how it ended.
Here you can see Miss Allender listening to the stories of three of our Year 5 students. Oscar’s story was particularly gruesome and had Miss Allender gripped for several minutes.
Well done Year 5 – all that’s left to do now is a little ‘editing and improving’ and we shall have some amazing short stories.
