The Old Ideas Are Sometimes The Best Ideas ...

Hello everyone.  Brilliant session yesterday. 13 children came along including one newbie and, thankfully, I was there before 9.30, so no black mark for me this weekend!  Because we are only have two further sessions before the summer break, I went back to an old faithful for yesterday's session - acrostic poems.  This is a familiar concept to most of the members because if they haven't done it with us before, it is almost certain they will have done it at school.  The idea of taking the letters from a word and placing them vertically then adding a poetry line to each letter is one of the easiest forms of poetry and before long even the absolute novices were having a great time producing their acrostic poems, so a massive well done to everyone.

I also ran through the itinerary of our 5th anniversary session.  All being well, the Deputy Mayor will be in attendance and the idea is that he say a few encouraging words to the members and acknowledges the support given by the library staff.   He will also be presented with copies of Word Magic and  Word Magic 2  by longest serving member Amber.  If he has time, he may mill about among the children for a few minutes but he is only expected to be there for half an hour or so because of his tight schedule.  Also in attendance will be Jenny Crooks, who is involved with the Croydon Literacy Scheme.  Some members may recall the joint effort of a year or so ago where children from both groups produced their own book The Magical Quest.  Councillor Andrew Rendle will be coming along too.  He is the wonderful person that gave us the grant for the production of Word Magic 2.  Local writer Ciaran Murtagh is also a guest.  He gave a really inspiring talk to the Young Writers in 2014  so it will be wonderful for the newer members to also meet him.

I have advised the children to bring their own snacks and drinks and I will bring a cake.  If they want to wear something special that is fine but it will also be okay for them to just turn up in their comfy clothes, so there are no hard and fast rules here.  I  would also be grateful if the grown ups would stay with us on this day and share the celebration.

And on 15th July we have our final session of this school year.  I will be announcing the summer project then but prior to that, I'll bring along some notes about it on the 8th in case they are unable to make it on the 15th for whatever reason.

Look forward to seeing you all on the 8th then.