Gillian Cross – Reading Zone Live Event
St Joseph’s Catholic
Primary were lucky to be selected to host the recent ReadingZone Live event
with award-winning author, Gillian Cross (The Demon Headmaster, Wolf, and
Shadow Cat), on Wednesday 28th June.
20 children
from Year 5 participated in the video conference which was filmed live from our
school. Gillian Cross talked about her inspiration for writing and took
questions directly from our children and from Cheam Farm Junior School children
in Sutton via video conference.
In preparation
for this event our children had been reading and enjoying her book ‘The Demon
Headmaster’ during their library sessions. They had also created posters on the
author’s life and works that Gillian was delighted with. Some of them are on
display in the Library.
The team from
London Grid for Learning (LGfL) and ReadingZone commented on how “immaculately
behaved” our children were. They showed incredible concentration and asked lots
of intelligent questions.
“They were a credit to the school”, the LGfL team
said.
We hope that
this is the first of many such events as they contribute to improving literacy
and inspiring our children.
It was a
fabulous experience!
To watch the
video follow the link:
The event is
suitable for years 4-9
To find out more about the reading zone author events follow the link:
We have many of
Gillian Cross books in the Library. Come along and borrow one.
Thanks to the
LGfL and Reading Zone teams for making this possible.
