Wow - this summer has really been something so far hasn't it? Thunderstorms and all! I had really great weather when I was in Cornwall last week with husband Steve. We were incredibly lucky with our sea view window and everything! Hope your holidays are all just as successful.
Thought I would just pen a brief reminder that the August session is on Saturday 9th so anyone not away soaking up the sun will be more than welcome to come along for a scribble!
Hoping the summer diaries are going well!
See you soon.
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Monday 14 July 2014
Doing Brilliantly ...
We had the best session on Saturday last week. Three new members took our number up to eleven - the highest it has been for some time and I am over to moon! It was all a bit manic to start but it wasn't long before the enthusiasm was dancing through and around all of us like some amazing tarantella! Once we'd got the tables and seating sorted, the Young Writers just got on with it.
We were experimenting with "blind poetry" and acronyms (not anagrams as I initially said; thank you Mateus, for pointing that out to me. I think I was having a moment of word-dispraxia!). The "blind poem" (where we all write one line which is folded over before being passed to the next person), was not a huge success and I think this is because their ages are so diverse. Sophia told me bluntly "I don't get it!" so I explained it again and she said "I still don't get it!" So we went over it again and she gave it a go; coming up with a brilliant line. So I think she got it in the end. The acronyms were a much bigger success - as they were when I suggested them to the first group - and they were soon having fun playing with words, which is what it's all about after all!
Many thanks to Lucie - the librarian who came over and picked out the name for our mascot bear - it is Maddie - and everyone will get a certificate to mark their participation in this exercise. It was a great team effort.
Thanks as well to the grown-ups who have already completed their consent forms for October's Exhibition of Work. During the summer break I will ensure I see one of our contacts at the library to finalise the arrangements. I have already asked some of the members to keep specific bits of work safe for this and I will let you all know what is going on display nearer the time. If you haven't completed it yet, please try to have it ready for September.
As we go into yet another long summer holiday period, there will only be one session in August and that will be on Saturday 9th. I know most of the members will be on vacation so it will only be a token session. The summer assignment for all members is to keep a diary of what they do and where they go. It doesn't have to be a lot - just a sentence or two will suffice - it is really more to keep them writing. Having said that though, any that are handed in when the regular sessions resume in September will, of course, count towards their next certificate.
And talking of certificates, congratulations to Holly - who received her Blue membership certificate and to Fatima who was awarded her Red certificate. Several members are already well on their way to the Purple ones so keep up the good work everyone!
For those of you not away then, I will see you on the 9th. For the rest of you, September sessions resume on 6th September, which will be confirmed nearer the time.
Keep writing - and keep loving it. And just keep an eye on this blog. Happy Summer!!!!!
We were experimenting with "blind poetry" and acronyms (not anagrams as I initially said; thank you Mateus, for pointing that out to me. I think I was having a moment of word-dispraxia!). The "blind poem" (where we all write one line which is folded over before being passed to the next person), was not a huge success and I think this is because their ages are so diverse. Sophia told me bluntly "I don't get it!" so I explained it again and she said "I still don't get it!" So we went over it again and she gave it a go; coming up with a brilliant line. So I think she got it in the end. The acronyms were a much bigger success - as they were when I suggested them to the first group - and they were soon having fun playing with words, which is what it's all about after all!
Many thanks to Lucie - the librarian who came over and picked out the name for our mascot bear - it is Maddie - and everyone will get a certificate to mark their participation in this exercise. It was a great team effort.
Thanks as well to the grown-ups who have already completed their consent forms for October's Exhibition of Work. During the summer break I will ensure I see one of our contacts at the library to finalise the arrangements. I have already asked some of the members to keep specific bits of work safe for this and I will let you all know what is going on display nearer the time. If you haven't completed it yet, please try to have it ready for September.
As we go into yet another long summer holiday period, there will only be one session in August and that will be on Saturday 9th. I know most of the members will be on vacation so it will only be a token session. The summer assignment for all members is to keep a diary of what they do and where they go. It doesn't have to be a lot - just a sentence or two will suffice - it is really more to keep them writing. Having said that though, any that are handed in when the regular sessions resume in September will, of course, count towards their next certificate.
And talking of certificates, congratulations to Holly - who received her Blue membership certificate and to Fatima who was awarded her Red certificate. Several members are already well on their way to the Purple ones so keep up the good work everyone!
For those of you not away then, I will see you on the 9th. For the rest of you, September sessions resume on 6th September, which will be confirmed nearer the time.
Keep writing - and keep loving it. And just keep an eye on this blog. Happy Summer!!!!!
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