Eden and the literary masterpieces of 10 year olds

We decided to take advantage of an offer for locals and visited the Eden Project on Saturday. Eden offers £5 entry fee that then gets you free entry for a year if you are a local resident. Children were a two pound donation each and so for the princely sum of £14 we have free access to the Eden Project for a year. Definitely worth it as we live about 15 minutes from it! This time of year they have a covered ice rink for a couple of months, so we can pay to skate at Eden.

We had a great time and if any blogger buddies out there are ever in Cornwall I would put it on your visit list. I am going back for the Christmas shopping next week as they had some decorations there!! Hollie, my four year old, is excited beyond belief about ice skating for the first time, whilst I have a little trepidation as I have not skated since my teens.

I have been so excited this past week or so with the Bodmin Bookworm. Kat is working so hard on it and it looks great. We went into two larger Bodmin schools last week to promote the Bookworm and since then Kat has been inundated by the most amazing piece of writing from a number of year sixes. Not only are they writing in with their work but also commenting on each other's work, and those comments are across schools, not just on friend's work. It is really beginning to take off and I know my boss hopes it will be going national in the near future. If you get a chance have a look at the Bookworm and particularly check out Berrycoombe, St Petrocs and Robartes Junior School. At Robartes there is one young man named Brandon who is sending in epic work that is fab to read. It is so encouraging to read these pieces of work as they are coming from 10 and 11 year olds who could have promising writing careers.

Busy busy busy at the moment. Christmas lights are going on in Bodmin on Friday and I have four puppet assemblies to rehearse for as well as a Carol Service. Hopefully there will be blog posts popping up in between the madness that are the weeks before Christmas.

Bookworming!!!!!

Dear Kat has done a fantastic job building the Bodmin Bookworm blog over the past few weeks. I had an idea in May that became a concept that I discussed with Kat, that became a proposal I put to my boss and then the heads in Bodmin and now that idea has become a reality. The Bookworm is launched officially with the schools on 22nd September, but the blog has gone live for constructive comment and ideas. Do go over and have a visit at www.bodminbookworm.blogspot.com and please do tell Kat how fab she is!!!!!

I have lots of ideas and some of them actually get to happen, but only because my boss was willing to let me fund it through my job and because I have a gifted friend who can build a blog into a thing of beauty!! I am very excited and for both of us hopefully our writing CV just got a little more substantial.

Once the site is being posted on after the 22nd please go in and comment on the kids work as it is such a boost to them to know someone outside of mum and dad and gran are reading what they have written.

Bodmin has some of the most socially deprived areas in the county and this is a real chance for every child to shine by posting even one line of creativity. The strapline came to me in a brainstorming session with Kat and I think it sums up the heart of the project.

Hope you enjoy your visit to Bodmin's new big creative idea!!