Creators Gallery 2020
Look at all the fun schools and families had at Reading is Magic Festival 2020!
Mrs Gunner's class are gearing up to watch our Clean Up event, hopefully they got some inspo on how they can help the planet too!
Miss Colquhoun's Year 4 class enjoyed listening to Cressida Cowell read from her Wizards of Once book series
One of Horsell Junior School's Year 3 students had a lot of fun drawing The Queen of Hearts with Chris Riddell.
May Park Primary School enjoyed picking up some tips from Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola in their event on their new book, 'Clean Up'!
Somervale School's Year 7s got their inspiration for their magical maps and monsters from Cressida Cowell's event as part of the Reading is Magic Festival. Don't they look great?
Mrs McWilliams' class from Corpus Christi school took part in our event with Adam Murphy. Here they are drawing their own cartoon portraits!
Monkton School's Year 2's wonder how quickly you can say their tongue twisters they created after listening to our podcast with Joseph Coelho!
Thomas's Fulham School really enjoyed the 'Make Your Own Mysteries' event as part of the 'Reading is Magic' festival. Some of the children have written their own next part of a mystery to be solved by 'Anisha the Accidental Detective' by Serena Patel.
Windy Arbor PrimarySchool have been responding to some 'Letters to Earth', by writing some apologetic letters to Earth as well as some stern letters to Boris Johnson, encouraging him to act on climate change
Jessica Love inspired Horsell Junior School to create some mermaid tails using the watercolour technique Jessica showed them
Teacher Chloe's Y5 are enjoying listening too as they have been looking at ‘Icarus is Ridiculous’ in their Ancient Greek topic
This week Whitedale Primary School had a fantastic time hearing about the adventures of Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and made their own treasure maps
After listening to Joseph Coelho's inspirational podcast, Year 4 at Ashbridge School have visited the Junior library to explore different poetry books
Holly class at Laurence Haines School are busy litter picking after after watching the Clean Up! event with Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon
"This is how you feel when you’ve been inspired by Joseph Coelho to write poetry" - Monkton School
Steven Lenton, Sophy Henn and Steven Butlet gave Mr McInnes class a good laugh on a Friday afternoon!
Kingcase Primary School enjoyed listening to a story about 'Sir Charlie Stinky Socks'
Cragside school were inspired by Anna Wilson's talk on nature
Teacher Chloe's year 5 class were loving Chris Riddell's drawing session
Mrs Livesey's class thought watching the Bookshop Band was a great way to start the morning!
The Bookshop Band was a huge hit with the children at Cragside School
Abbots Lea School were inspired by Wednesday's theme 'Every child has the right to see themselves in a book' and designed their own characters and gave them special powers. They loved seeing themselves as superheroes!
Ashbridge School Year 1's podcast productions inspired by Cressida Cowell's Talking Wild Woods
Ashbridge School Year 1's exploring the woods after listening to Cressida Cowell's Talking Wild Woods
After watching Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon, Abbey Catholic School are concerned about how litter affects the sea life and are creating their own clean up flyers
Mrs Gunner's class at Laurence Haines School enjoying 'Julian is a mermaid' by Jessica Love
Year 6 at Cragside School were inspired by author Elle McNicoll and had a valuable discussion after about neurodivergent representation and not being held back by our "judgmental voice."
Harrison, 8 years old, magical idea drawings after watching Cressida’s inspiring talk
Look at these beautiful letters to earth from Castle Carrock School
Castle Carrock School being inspired by Rakaya Fetuga's Write Your Own Letters to Earth event
After listening to Kristina Stephenson's story about a knight searching for treasure Whitedale Primary School went on an adventure through a magical land and took a rocket back to class before writing magic spells
Miss Naylor's class have created some super robots after watching the event with Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet!
Some great letters written by Mrs M's class inspired by the session on Letters from the Earth with Rakaya
Miss Naylor's class enjoyed creating no-bot robots after watching Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
Some wonderful letters to earth from St Thomas's school!
Abbot's Lea School wrote letters to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for action on climate change!
More letters from Abbot's Lea School calling for action on climate change!
Simpson Primary School watched to Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet read "No-Bot the Robot” which they found very funny
Inspiring letters to earth from Ashbridge School!
Fantastic letters to earth from Ashbridge School after our talk with Rakaya Fetuga
Year 6 at St Michael with St Thomas School had a spectacular afternoon listening to author Cressida Cowell and were overjoyed when she answered one of their questions!
Year 1 at Ashbridge School were inspired to start reading the Supertato books after watching the event with Sue Hendra and Paul Linnnet
St Margarets Mary School has been busy drawing their comic portraits following the Adam Murphy event
Miss Edwards class at Laurence Haines School created comics in an Adam Murphy style
Ashbridge School singing along to the Supertato song with Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
P5AE from Menstrie Primary loved creating comic cartoons of their friends with Adam Murphy
A wonderful festival display from Tadcaster Grammar School
Cressida Cowell inspired one viewer to create and draw a magical character, meet the Wondering Wander
Year 5 class at Hawkedons School enjoying the live Q&A with Cressida Cowell
More talented pupils share their comic portraits following on from Adam Muphy's event
Whitedale Primary School were mesmerised watching Cressida Cowell
Ashbridge school pupils with their fantastic comic portraits following the event with Adam Murphy
More brilliant comic portraits following the event with Adam Murphy from Ashbridge School
Mrs Livesey's year 4 class drawing their comic portraits
Alternative robot bottoms for no-bots by Foxfield School inspired by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet's event
More alternative robot bottoms for no-bots by Foxfield School inspired by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet's event
Mrs Livesey's year 4 class watching Adam Murphy teach us how to draw our own comic portraits!
Comic portraits from the talented class at Foxfield School
More fantastic comic portraits from the pupils at Foxfield School
And even more fab comic portraits from the talented class at Foxfield School
Some wonderful comic portraits from South Wellfield school
Year 3 class at Ash Bridge School enjoying creating comic portraits with Adam Murphy
A snip of pupils from South Wellfield drawing along with Adam Murphy
Key stage 4 at Abbot's Lea School watching Adam Murphy talk about comics!
Ben from London has made his own pen pot!
South Wellfield School tuning into Adam Murphy teaching them how to draw comic portraits
Two little ones from Salisbury enjoying the Kristina Stephenson event!
Kristina Stephenson enjoying the festival
Our festival programmer's little boy thoroughly enjoying Sir Charlie Stinky Socks with Kristina Stephenson
Mr McInnes class frantically drawing jelly fish during the BIG draw off with Steven Lenton and Sophy Henn