A fun visit to Carmel Leung Sing Tak School with StoryTellAR!
May 5, 2022 at 4:54 pm | Posted in Hong Kong Schools, Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: StoryTellAR, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Temujin
Yesterday I visited the fabulous Carmel Leung Sing Tak School in Hong Kong with StoryTellAR to read the kids my Tale of Temujin and tell them some of the juicy history and other details they can find if they download the StoryTellAR app! The students were so engaged, answering lots of my questions and asking some of their own! It was a lot of fun!
A Terrific Visit to Glenealy School!
May 2, 2022 at 9:38 pm | Posted in Hong Kong Schools | Leave a commentTags: Books about Chinese history for kids, Genghis Khan for kids, Glenealy School, The Tale of Temujin, The Year of the Tiger, World Book Day
My second Zoom visit last Friday was to my old friends at Glenealy School! World Book Day was in full swing, with everybody dressed up as their favourite book characters! It was great to see so many fantastic costumes, not least from the staff! After a great assembly presentation of WBD activities and challenge results, Temujin the Tiger came to visit in a fun story reading, with lots of roaring and screaming to rock the school! Take a look at the fun slideshow below! Huge thanks to lovely librarian Gisele Stones for inviting me, and thanks to the school for the lovely photos!
Two fabulous World Book Day visits last Friday!
May 2, 2022 at 9:24 pm | Posted in Hong Kong Schools | Leave a commentTags: Genghis Khan for kids, Stories about Chinese history for kids, SWCS YMCA Hong Kong, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Temujin, World Book Day
Last Friday I celebrated World Book Day with two fun school visits in Hong Kong by Zoom!
My first visit was to San Wui Commercial Society YMCA of Hong Kong Christian School in Cheung Sha Wan. I introduced my Chinese Calendar Tale for the Year of the Tiger, The Tale of Temujin, to the students and told them the extraordinary real life history of Genghis Khan, who was the inspiration for my tiger! The kids had a terrific time roaring like tigers and screaming like spoiled princesses and the teachers had an equally fun time blocking and unblocking their ears :)! We had a lot of fun!
Many thanks to Sarah Cha, primary librarian, for inviting me! Sarah wrote me a beautiful testimonial for the visit which you can find on my Teacher Testimonial page!
Here are some more fun pics! Thank you Sarah for sending them!
Patience, my writer friends…
April 27, 2022 at 10:01 pm | Posted in Clever Competitions | Leave a commentTags: A Terrific Tiger Tale writing competition, Chinese Calendar Tales, Stories about Chinese history for kids, Stories about Chinese Zodiac characters, The Tale of Temujin, Writing competitions for primary school kids
If you’re one of the dedicated writers who entered my Terrific Tiger Tale writing competition, you’ll be wanting to know who won places! But I’m still reading and hugely enjoying your stories, so you’ll have to bear with me a little while longer! Hang in there, and if you get frustrated, just let out a little ROAR – it always helps :)!
Three fabulous Camp Asia stories!
April 27, 2022 at 9:04 pm | Posted in Camp | Leave a commentTags: Camp Asia, How to Write a Riveting Story, Sarah Brennan's Story Planning Workshops, Writing Challenges for Kids
My blog followers will know that I recently spent 2 fabulous weeks giving Story Planning Workshops for Camp Asia in Hong Kong by Zoom. The optional final challenge was for the participants to complete writing up their stories from their Story Plans! I was delighted to see that three talented and hard-working participants took up the challenge – well done Yate Chee, Riya and Christy! Their stories were fantastic: click on the Camp Asia link here to read them! Before you do, just a heads-up…you might find some of the characters in these stories rather unusual! That’s because I picked them out of a hat for our courageous story-planners, who then HAD to use them in planning their stories! I thought this would add to the fun – read the stories and YOU be the judge :)!
Just 4 days left to the Clever Competition deadline!
April 20, 2022 at 4:01 pm | Posted in Clever Competitions | Leave a commentTags: A Terrific Tiger Tale writing competition, Stories about Genghis Khan for kids, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Temujin, Writing Competitions for Kids, Writing competitions for primary school kids
There are just 4 days left till the deadline for my Terrific Tiger Tale writing competition! So if you haven’t sent your entry in yet, you need to get rampaging, like my Temujin! You can find all the details on my Clever Competition page here! I can’t wait to read your story!
Two fabulous Story Planning weeks!
March 29, 2022 at 4:05 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Camp Asia, How to Write a Riveting Story, Sarah Brennan's Story Planning Sessions, Story writing courses for kids
I’ve been having a blast this week and last, working with the fabulous kids enrolled in my Story Planning Sessions with Camp Asia! We’ve been working on all the essential ingredients for a fantastic story, including Story Idea, Characters, Settings, Plot, and of course brilliant beginnings and memorable endings!
To the kids in Week One, aged 8 to 10 – you were fantastic! You worked so hard to produce some great Story Plans, and I can’t wait to see the stories you write based on your plans!
To the students in Week Two, aged 11 to 12 – I’m having such fun working with you! Keep up the good work so far!
You can see more fabulous photos from Week One on Camp Asia’s Facebook page at this link!
Just one month to go to get your stories in!
March 23, 2022 at 8:16 pm | Posted in Uncategorized, Writing competitions for kids | Leave a commentTags: A Terrific Tiger Tale writing competition, Competitions for primary school students, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Temujin, writing competitions
If you love writing stories, and you’re in Primary School anywhere in the world, you still have ONE MONTH to get your entries into my latest Clever Competition! Just go to the link here for all the details! I can’t wait to get your entry!
Hurry!! A few spaces still available for my Story Planning Workshop sessions with Camp Asia, for ages 8 to 12!
March 17, 2022 at 8:27 pm | Posted in writing workshops for children | Leave a commentTags: Camp Asia, Sarah Brennan's Story Planning Workshops, Writing courses for 8 to 12 year olds
If school’s broken up early and you’re at a loose end, or you just want to have some fun after school, I’ve got some great news for you! There are still a few spaces left in my funny and fabulous Story Planning Workshops with Camp Asia, starting next week! Just click here if you’re aged 8 to 10, and here if you’re aged 11 to 12, for all the information and to register right away!
And if you’re interested in any other courses being offered by Camp Asia, just click on this link!
I can’t wait to meet you!
Four fabulous sessions at Kennedy School!
March 17, 2022 at 12:04 am | Posted in Hong Kong Schools | Leave a commentTags: Kennedy School, Stories about Chinese history for kids, Stories about Chinese Zodiac characters, The Chinese Calendar Tales, The Tale of Chester Choi, The Tale of Pin Yin Panda, The Tale of Temujin
Today and yesterday morning I Zoomed in to visit my old friends at Kennedy School in Hong Kong! We had four fabulous sessions with Years 1 to 4! The Year 1s enjoyed my show and tell story reading of The Tale of Pin Yin Panda, and were brilliant with their knowledge of the Chinese Zodiac Animals and the Legend of Lord Buddha’s Race! The Year 2s met my hungry Chester Choi and his friend Jimmy Lee, and the Year 3s and 4s roared like tigers and screamed like VERY spoiled princesses as they listened to me read The Tale of Temujin! We had a blast!! Huge thanks to Library Assistant Susan Mifsud for hosting me, and the PTA for inviting me in! It was lovely to see you all again! Here are some more photos below!
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