Today, Primary 4-7 children at Carmondean were treated to a very special event. The children’s author, David MacPhail, visited the school to give a presentation on writing and to sign copies of his book. The children were very interested to hear how David used mind-mapping to plan out his plots, characters and settings, and then collaborated with him to make a mind-map for an imaginary book with a main character who turned out to be a ginger-haired banana that secretly wanted to be broccoli. If you think that’s strange, ask your child who the villain was – it is even more surprising.
David was very complimentary about our children’s focus and behaviour during his presentation and sent this email through Gloworm books. who organised the visit:
