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Children’s Writing Clubs W/C 16th March

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‘Something Happened In Lakeside View’ is finally published!

Hi everyone, as usual simply scroll down to find the club your child attends in order to find out what we got up to this week, but the big news Something Happened In Lakeside View, the latest book the children have written together, is finally published!

https://books2read.com/u/mVEyw2

Something Happened In Lakeside View is the result of over 80 children working together collaboratively to vote on a project, create a town, vote on a common theme and then all write their own stories or poems set there… We started the project last summer term and all the pieces had been submitted by January. It is now available across multiple platforms in ebook and paperback!

Here is the blurb:

Welcome to Lakeside View, a pretty little town much like any other. Or is it?

Scratch under the surface and you will find a place full of secrets and shadows.

A place full of darkness, magic, ancient curses and hidden horrors. Who would live in a town like this? Many people have come and gone and some have left behind their testimonies.

What happened in Lakeside View? Read on to find out.

This is an anthology of stories and poems written by the young people who attend creative writing clubs with Chasing Driftwood Writing Group.

Don’t forget to leave a review on your platform of choice if you do read it. And please be aware this is a creepy horror-based book that might not be suitable for those under 10 or sensitive readers.

Many thanks!

Monday

CJS Monday Club: Just a few young writers had to finish off their fables today and options for the rest of the group were various writing prompts, plus mini books, zig-zag books and comic books made up into various sizes and formats. They had great fun with this and some amazing comic book creations were started!

Tuesday:

11 Plus Zoom Group: Fables have all been finished in this group too so we had lots of writing prompts on offer, most of which were linked to fables, or stories with warnings and consequences… Some fantastic responses, well done guys!

Bransgore C of E Primary School: Again, fables are done in this group so they had the comic books, zig-zag books, and mini books with various writing prompts. One of the prompts was to create your own Bunny Vs Monkey style and this went down a treat, with examples such as ‘Teachers Vs Kids’!

Wednesday

11 Plus Zoom Group: Fables completed and so various writing prompts on offer in this group today, including:

  • start and end a story with wet feet
  • start an end a story with a cry of rage
  • ‘PRIVATE – DO NOT ENTER’ – someone ignores this sign, what happens next? plus more!

8-11 Zoom Group: Fables all done, so writing prompts on offer for this group too! Great responses from all.

CJS Wednesday Club: This club really enjoyed the comic books, mini books and something vs something type prompts, and we also had some fables finished and shared with the group!

Thursday

Burton C of E Primary School: Most opted for the comic books and the something vs something theme was also very popular with me vs my brother as an example!

Children’s Writing Clubs W/C 2nd February

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Competition progress plus character bios in school clubs and more quick everyday writing prompts on Zoom!

Monday

CJS Monday Club: This group had three options today. They could continue any story or poem started recently for the Bournemouth Writing Festival competition, or otherwise, they could create a character bio for a character they have in their story or they could use six memo notes to tell a story. We had a lovely mix of responses to the choices, with progress on stories, and lots of children opting to create their own character bio. Some of them also started writing stories using the memo notes! Fantastic. We also had the fountain pen to play with and I brought in my vintage typewriter which they took turns using.

Tuesday

11 Plus Zoom group: The Zoom groups have all had the following prompts to choose from this week OR they could continue with anything they already have on the go:

  • Write about every day small ‘wins’ or victories
  • Write a quick letter to your future self
  • Write about how writing makes you feel
  • What is your earliest memory?
  • Or take any of these phrases and write something in response;
  • “the ghost of you”
  • “the last shelter”
  • “that one time I forgot…”
  • “the river turned and churned then spat up a secret”
  • “everyone here is a little mad…”

Interestingly, everyone chose the same prompt! ‘Everyone here is a little mad…’

Bransgore C of E Primary School: These guys also enjoyed using the typewriter today and we had a mixture of things going on, with some choosing to do character bios, some carrying on stories they’ve started recently and others finishing off poems for the BWF competition!

Wednesday

11 Plus Zoom Group: This group had the same prompts to choose from and we had a wide variety of different responses, plus progress on on-going stories!

8-11 Zoom group: These guys have really been enjoying the prompts choices lately, and today was no different with lots of prompts being tackled in the spirit of ‘quick everyday writing’! Fantastic!

CJS Wednesday Club: I didn’t take the typewriter today as I walked to the club and the typewriter is very heavy! I have promised to bring it next week though! This group were either carrying on with the BWF competition stories or they were learning how to create a character bio! There was also the option to write a story or comic strip using the colourful memo notes.

Thursday

Burton C of E Primary School: These guys were mostly working on stories for the BWF competition or they were creating character bios! Great work from all!