Every child attending this performance will receive a FREE copy of Wild to take home and keep!
How did it go?
We had a wonderful time with Ele Fountain bringing a touch of the rainforest to Ipswich New Wolsey theatre! Ele talked about her brilliant book Wild, sharing lots of information about becoming an author and why she wanted to write this story, as well as so many important messages about the environment, and what we can do to protect the rainforest. The children asked a lot of excellent questions and were very happy with the copies of Wild that they got to take home and keep!
"Thank you so much for organising the excellent show and workshop. The children have really been inspired by Ele."
Teacher, St Matthews CE Primary, Ipswich
"We have just had a fantastic workshop session with Ele Fountain and I would like to say a huge thank you! The children loved it and have been inspired after her theatre session yesterday and the workshop."
Teacher, St Pancras CE Primary, Ipswich
Ele Fountain Workshop
Ele also visited four lucky Ipswich schools and ran a creative writing workshop. The teacher at St Matthews Primary shared what the participating children said:
"I can't believe we have a real life author coming to work with us"
"I want to write books now"
"Writing stories is fun!"
"I really enjoyed yesterday and I'm enjoying this even more!" (exclaimed by a reluctant writer who was quite clearly inspired!).
What people said:
We have just had a fantastic workshop session with Ele Fountain and I would like to say a huge thank you! The children loved it and have been inspired after her theatre session yesterday and the workshop.
Year 6 children were ecstatic to welcome Ele Fountain to their classroom and have her share her writing process. Not only do they love Ele's books, but they are buzzing about the stories they created in her workshop.
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- Venue:
- New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich, IP1 2AS
- Date:
- Thursday 17th October
- Time:
- 11:00 am
- Duration:
- Approx. 1 hour
- Age range:
- Years 5 and 6
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Ele Fountain
Ele Fountain is an award-winning writer of contemporary fiction with recurring themes of family, identity and hope. Her books have sold to 12 countries worldwide and been nominated for more than 30 awards. Before writing, Ele worked as an editor in children’s publishing where she was responsible for launching and nurturing the careers of many prize-winning and bestselling authors. She speaks regularly at schools and literary festivals. Ele lives in Hampshire with her husband, daughters, lots of spiders and a stripy ginger cat that thinks he is a tiger.
Praise for Wild
Riveting... expertly crafted
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