Category: Activities & Play

Things you can make, or write or play in the classroom or at home. Design projects involving communities. Personal photographic and illustration projects.

Chicken Newspaper Summer 2104 Issue


We’ve invented a new job title. It echoes how we feel about the chicken newspaper project and tells all that this is more than just a project. That title is Proud Publisher Being the Proud Publisher of chicken! newspaper for children means that we have to deliver the best publication that we are able to assemble. Our…… Continue reading Chicken Newspaper Summer 2104 Issue

Pop Up Festival Weekend


It was great to be entertaining children this weekend. Exhausting (felt that afterwards) but really, really enjoyable. Our next event is in July in London. It promises to be bigger and better, but it will have a hard time toping this one! We had Sarwat Chadda and Zena Edwards, Julia Golding, Ed Vere with a Jazz…… Continue reading Pop Up Festival Weekend

Pop Up 2014 in Essex


May 3 is the second Pop Up Festival. This time it’s in Purfleet, Essex. Here’s a layout of the venue, and the schedule for the day. The exciting line up includes Jane Ray, Sarwat Chadda, Julia Golding, Kayo Chingonyi, Sita Bamchari, Ed Vere, Chris Mould, Jane Ray, James Mayhew, Sarah Dyer, Rich Mayhew and yours…… Continue reading Pop Up 2014 in Essex

Ken Robinson: How Schools Kill Creativity


http://youtu.be/iG9CE55wbtY Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.

Chicken!


It’s been an incredible few months.I’ve been slowly and steadily heading back to doing books full-time and it hasn’t been easy at all. The plan was to return to the days when there were only  books and book ideas on my work list. I have a couple of titles to try as ebooks and started…… Continue reading Chicken!