Testimonials
This World Book Week we invited Ashley Thorpe to come in and do a session with our Year 6 and 7 pupils at Castle Court School. The session began with Ashley introducing himself to us, giving the pupils good background and an understanding of what inspired him to become a writer. His knowledge of different genres matched the interests of many of our pupils and his understanding of things they already enjoyed kept them engaged throughout. He balanced this session with a mini workshop where he got them to start thinking about a world they would want to put their own character in. Thereafter, they started to think about qualities of literary characters that they have enjoyed and from that inspiration, they built their own hero for their world. Ashley had such a lovely way with our pupils, allowing them time for a Q&A session where no question was too difficult to answer. His natural ease, love of writing and knowledge of the process was such an enriching experience for us all.
Mrs K Thompson – Years 6 and 7 – Castle Court School, Wimborne
Ashley draws upon his own relationship with reading and writing to build engaging narratives which have the children wanting more. His workshop allowed the children to see themselves as writers and to believe that they too have a story to tell.
Mr J Duckett – Deputy Head and Year 5 – Newchurch Community Primary School, Warrington
Utterly brilliant! Our pupils were incredibly lucky to spend the day with you.
Miss E Nevell – Head of English – The Blue Coat School, Oldham
Such a great author workshop. We loved hearing Ashley’s story about how he became an author and created the book. What an inspiring guy!
Mr G Elswood – Head – St Chrysostoms C of E Primary, Manchester
Ashley spent the day in our secondary school library doing creative writing workshops with Year 7 and our Creative Writing Club Students (KS3 and KS4). It was a wonderful day, and the students were totally inspired by him, his new book (The Boy to Beat the Gods) and the links with Manga/Anime. The writing tasks generated so many imaginative ideas and the work that the students produced was outstanding. We can’t wait to welcome Ashley back to our school again in the future.
A Brookes – Learning and Cultural Resource Centre Manager – Manchester Enterprise Academy, Wythenshawe
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