Year 5 Become Published Authors
Our Year 5s are celebrating becoming published authors this month, They were asked by Miss Begum to write a mini saga with an exciting twist in the story as part of the national 'Young Writers' compeition. Year 5 based their story on their class text ‘The Pirate Queen’ and looked at how they could turn aspects of the familiar story into an original piece of writing. The children worked in groups to perform their mini saga, before using the dictation facility on their iPads to write up their story. They then edited their saga as they had to cut their story down to 100 words to adhere to competition rules.
Shumaiya from Year 5 said, "I enjoyed the challenge of having to write in under 100 words!" And Ibrahim said, "I enjoyed changing a part of the story to make it my own." Miss Begum (Year 5 teacher, Westwood Academy) added, “Watching the children’s imaginations come to life as they went through the writing process was a real privilege.”
Mrs Wimperis is very proud of all of Year 5 and cannot wait to read the books when they are published. All the children have received their certificate and they have even been in the local newspaper:
All children in Years 3-6 in Harmony Trust academies are given access to their own iPad as part of the Trust’s HTML scheme which ensures fair digital access for all children.
