Minchinhampton Church of England Primary Academy
…and here’s the film report which BBC Points West made when they visited the school in July of this year. They filmed a group of pupils in the library with John Dougherty, talking about our book project and reading in general. It was a great morning and the pupils certainly did Minchinhampton Academy proud!
The Stroud News and Journal attended our school assembly to launch the book project last July. During this assembly, John Dougherty, our Patron of Reading, read the opening chapter to the pupils to their delight and intrigue, inviting them to write the rest of the book themselves! He was also able to announce the winners of the competition to name the main characters in the book. You can find their article here.
Q: What does a vampire, a pig, a motorbike, four children and some time portals have in common?
A: They are the key ingredients to an exciting book project which all of our pupils are writing collaboratively, alongside our Patron of Reading and reknowned children’s Author, John Dougherty.
This project aims to give our pupils the chance to be both authors and illustrators of a published book. The project is kindly being funded & supported by many people, including fantastic financial support from the Corinium Fine Arts Society and their head office, NADFAS.
The book will go to print next Spring and be launched on June 10th 2017 in the Market House. This will coincide with an Art Exhibition of the pupils’ illustrations for the book, alongside work from artists in the local community, which will be displayed in local shops and businesses. (More details to follow!)
Watch this space for updates and news on the project!