{"id":123,"date":"2017-03-02T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/?p=123"},"modified":"2022-01-20T09:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:18:17","slug":"four-leafed-clover-the-storys-nearly-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/2017\/03\/02\/four-leafed-clover-the-storys-nearly-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Four-leafed clover&#8230;the story&#8217;s nearly over!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, so much has happened since our last post! Hard work, actual fake blood during the Saxon-Viking battle and tears of joy as we handed our chapters over, on a v<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-136 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/John-receiving-our-chapters-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/John-receiving-our-chapters-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/John-receiving-our-chapters.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 162px) 85vw, 162px\" \/>elvet cushion, to John in assembly, to a trumpet fanfare! \u00a0Cerys W says, &#8220;I found it really fun trumpeting in front of John.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-137 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/Trumpet-fanfare-Feb-17-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/Trumpet-fanfare-Feb-17-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/Trumpet-fanfare-Feb-17.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 85vw, 169px\" \/><br \/>\nHe worked hard, pulling together all the strands from our chapters into his final scene. \u00a0The last chapter hasn&#8217;t been presented to the school yet&#8230;it&#8217;s going to remain secret until the final day when the book is launched&#8230;.Isabelle H says, &#8220;Even WE don&#8217;t know the ending yet!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/John-and-the-blurb-winners-224x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/John-and-the-blurb-winners-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/John-and-the-blurb-winners.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John with the winners of the &#8216;Blurb&#8217; competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To help the pupils with character illustrations, Tom Percival (children&#8217;s illustrator and author) came to school and held a drawing workshop for us. \u00a0Isabelle H says, &#8220;He really inspired us to push ourselves to the limit on what we can do. He gets all the details, even on the eyebrows!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-132 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050845-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050845-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050845-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050845-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050845-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050845.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-133 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050849-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050849-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050849-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050849-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050849-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050849.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050847-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050847-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050847-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050847-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050847-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/03\/P1050847.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The book, along with the illustrations, were delivered to the publishers (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehistorypress.co.uk\/\">The History Press<\/a> in Brimscombe) last week. \u00a0The publishers were very excited to receive the manuscript and they have praised us for the very high quality of the work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, so much has happened since our last post! Hard work, actual fake blood during the Saxon-Viking battle and tears of joy as we handed our chapters over, on a velvet cushion, to John in assembly, to a trumpet fanfare! \u00a0Cerys W says, &#8220;I found it really fun trumpeting in front of John.&#8221; He worked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/2017\/03\/02\/four-leafed-clover-the-storys-nearly-over\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Four-leafed clover&#8230;the story&#8217;s nearly over!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,4,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minchacademy.net\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}