What a totally brilliant session we had on Saturday! Sixteen children including several new members! The session started with a brief reading from Eva Ibbotson's "The Great Ghost Rescue" to primarily demonstrate that not all Ghost Stories need to be scary. This particular book is an absolute joy and was published way ahead of its time because it doesn't just talk about young Rick's bid to rescue the ghosts being driven out of their stately home to make way for a new Holiday Camp - it talks about conserving wildlife in general, which has long been a subject close to my heart! But mostly it is a really good read - very funny.
Ghost Stories per se have not been properly covered before and most of the session was trying to get the Young Writers to use their imaginations. I tried to kick-start them by giving them a worksheet with some suggestions but I think I gave them too much to work from because a lot of them seemed to struggle with it despite the fact it is a subject they have repeatedly asked for. The valuable lesson I learned from this is that Less is More and my plan is to work on that basis from now on. Having said that, though, by the end of the session, when I set the assignment to be handed in by 21st May, I think they were Up For It so it will be interesting to see their finished work.
Congratulations are in order for member Dhilon who became only the second member thus far, to achieve the Rainbow Band 2 Certificate. His presentation book was about writing comic strip stories because I know it is a subject he has particularly enjoyed, so very well done, Dhilon. Who will be our next?
The next session is on 21st May, by which time, I hope to have the date for our picnic in the park but see you in a couple of weeks.
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