A Visit from Bookman

The world’s newest superhero, Bookman has the extraordinary power of bringing stories to life – and he’ll fly into your school all set to help your pupils in doing the same “Thank you for sending ‘Bookman’ to Thomson House on Friday.  He was a huge hit in assembly, particularly for the teachers who hadn’t read … Read More

The Extraordinary Adventures of Fillolog!

Whatever book our friend Vistie was reading as a little girl (and she read a lot of them!), it always featured Fillolog, an extraordinary creature with an extraordinary appetite for stories. https://youtu.be/Q5BNIYrOnMI

The Character Hunt

The great characters of fiction leap off the pages of the books they inhabit and into our imaginations because their authors have taken the trouble to breathe life into them, creating fully rounded beings. And now your pupils will get the chance to do that too, in The Character Hunt! https://youtu.be/by9v-0ZWiNc?si=FktkVwsr65ZeUUWq

Paige Turner’s Fiction Mission

If the characters in our favourite stories only come to life when their tales are read, what would become of them if Mr Noah Magination got his way and had all books banned?   Today, we were delighted to host As Creatives. Our whole-school assembly delved into different types of characters within a story. Followed … Read More