Our National Treasure #2 is Dame Judi Dench - let's ignore Cats and focus on the Shakespeare work and James bond films :)

Our National Treasure of the Week #1 - Imelda Staunton - aka Dolores Umbridge!

Action scenes There is often plenty of action in the middle of the story. Action scenes are written with lots of different verbs, or...

Chapter 3 of our Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs movie :)

Lesson 8: Life in Salem in the 17th Century Life was tough in 17th-Century Salem - living in a small gossipy town with a bad food supply,...

Clever Connectives A connective is a word that links two words or phrases together. Changing the connective can change the meaning of a...

Our Male Actor of the Week is Will Smith - one of the most bankable stars in the world!

Our female actor of the Week is EGOT winner (!) Whoopi Goldberg

Brilliant Beginnings All good stories need an opening - something to capture the reader's attention and set the scene. The opening...

Stewart, Nina, Myles, Sophie, Isabella & Emily work through Lesson 2. Plot types There are lots of different types of story, from funny...

Act Four of the Crucible

We had a little singalong to the Grease Megamix during the lockdown - here's the results!

What if? - Lesson 1 in putting together a Marvellous Plot!

We need some actors to help with our reading of Fantastic Mr. Fox...