Monday 4th March Storyplay Freeze Frames This week we started to put our stories in action by getting into character and creating freeze frames of some of the key moments. After practising leading some Lickety Playcard games including a quickfire round of What Are You Doing, everyone got into pairs and worked together to bring each other's stories to life. It was great to see how everyone's books are coming on too!
Wednesday 30th January Ickerickeroo and Wink Murder visited by a number of very interesting Detectives...
Friday 15th February Storywriting After a physical warm-up where we talked about stretching, slow-motion and the different ways we can use our bodies, we made a very unusual cake, and then did some quick thinking improvisation games to warm up our imaginations. Then, after break, everyone got their Detective Character out, picked a Place and an Object from the Licketyspit cups, and created some truly fantastic stories! Before we started, the class gave Taz, Ruby and Miss Till some words - 63 year old woman called Lucy, a Volcano, and a Crystal.... Later, we held the first 'Riverside Book Festival ' where K presented a graphic novel about Detective Kabushebab. C told us the story of Detective Husky and her leopard friends who attack village in jungle. We also heard the Mystery of Redbeard in a Cave on the beach...and we can't wait to hear everyone else's stories at the next Riverside Book Festival.
20th February 2019 Wink Murder, What Are You Doing, and how to explain the Licketyspit games. We were visited by several Detectives from far away places in Wink Murder today. Detective Scott came all the way from America, and Detective Carmen came from Japan! One of our dinner parties was in an Enchanted Forest, where an owl flew in and dropped a Magic Ring that made us sing when we tried it on. Then a knife appeared under a Red Rock, and we knew something was amiss. Sure enough, people started dying left right and centre, before the Detective found the Murderer!
