Great session Saturday (but then I'd expect nothing less from your talented young wordsmiths) with 11 children in attendance including Shaan who came straight from a drama class to spend the last 20 minutes of the session with us. Saturday's session revolved around our previous Word Magic book. The idea was for the members to acquaint themselves with the book's contents and also to get a feel for the Author Profile of each of its contributors.
It was brilliant to hear them reading parts of the book out loud to each other and during the course of the session they were also encouraged to practice their own Author Profiles for Word Magic 2. At the end of the session, the assignment set was for the youngsters to read the first book through at home and then each of them were given their own Author Profile to complete and return on 2nd April. Each member was also given a consent form to take home to their parents. It is absolutely essential that the parents complete and sign these because without your consent, I will not be able to publish the young writers' work. The consent form asks you to indicate how you would feel comfortable having your child identified as the author of their featured work. If you are happy for their full name to appear, that is fine, similarly if you would prefer them to be identified by just their Christian name or their initials. Whatever your preference, you need to let me know.
The library staff have suggested that it would be lovely to launch the new book at the library and we could in fact make quite an occasion of it, so that has given me something else to think about. I will fill you in on this after further discussion.
And finally a round of applause was given (and deservedly so) to Amber for achieving her Rainbow Band 2 certificate for which she also received a book "Write Your Own Story Book" which I hope will encourage her further in her writing projects, so Well Done Amber.
With an Easter Egg from the Easter Bunny held firmly in their grasp, the session ended on a high note. I will see you all again on 2nd April.
Have a lovely Easter break!
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