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Authors, Classof 2011-2012

Badger the Mystical Mutt

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The pupils in primaries 1 to 4 had a special visitor at their recent Assembly. Badger the Mystical Mutt and his two authors joined the pupils to share a chapter and answer some questions. The teachers let Badger view the class rooms and hes was thrilled to see the pictures and painting created by the pupils.

Pr.1 Miss Boyd's class display
The Pupils of the Week with Badger.
Badger and author.

Lyn McNicol one of the authors read an exerpt from Badger the Mystical Mutt, the first in the series, and the pupils discovered that Badgers favourite food was toast – he even dreamed of towers of hot buttered toast!

Authors, CfE, Class of 2010-2011, Events

Local Author’s visit

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James McClelland

A local author arrived in school last week to speak to the whole school at Assembly and afterwards to Question Time in the Pr.2 Literacy groups. Primary 2 pupils had the opportunity to purchase signed copies of his books and the school have kept three copies of each for our own school library, for everyone to enjoy.

James McClelland is local to Ayrshire and his books about a young boy and his pet sabre toothed tiger are published locally in Darvel. The pupils listened to sections from his first two books; chapters involving diplodocus and the mighty T-rex after he had talked about his own childhood experience of writing. We hope that he has inspired some pupils to take the plunge and jump into stories and writing; using their imagination to take them on adventures.