Storylines Digital Tour

On the Wednesday of the Storylines Digital Tour, many classes attended Ned Barraud's sessions. I don't work on a Wednesday, so I missed out, but I enjoyed chatting to Mrs E's class about it on Thursday. They were bubbling over with excitement. They were so pleased that Woodlands Park School got a special shout out. The children enjoyed seeing Ned Barraud demonstrating how he photoshops his illustrations. We have a number of Ned's fabulous books in our library, and many of them tie in well with the junior's inquiry this term - What's in your back yard?

One little boy told his teacher that he wants to illustrate books like Ned when he's big!

On Thursday afternoon I joined Room 6. We listened in to Pauline Smith's presentation. Congratulations on your award, Pauline! We were all really interested in learning more about this regrettable side of New Zealand history. Thank you for researching and writing about the dawn raids.

The children wrote their questions down for our super-typer (See pic) and she typed up the questions. Thank you for answering so many of our questions.

I took a big pile of New Zealand Story books to Room 6 and many children issued copies and made reserves for Dawn Raid. Getting children interested in history. Result!

Thanks so much, Storylines for a successful tour!