![]() This child with that book, that child with this one. I see myself as a really rather good matchmaker and I set them all up with blind dates. ![]() I read all the books myself, so that we can talk about them. All I do is facilitate their writing, so that they can put their fantastic mind pictures into words. ‘I challenge the children to explore, love, feel and ultimately to own words, so that they feel a sense of control when they write. They learn from each other, reference a book or two that they love and the mutual learning goes on. A great sense of energy, respect and pace is evident in this classroom and it is really interesting to hear what they and their teacher have to say. Attentive listening, applause, thoughtful comment and useful feedback and then it is someone else’s turn. Then the silence breaks and their lively English teacher Debbie Andrew invites someone to share their descriptive piece for the others to critique. Hard at work when you walk in, each Year 6 pupil is focusing on their own piece.
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