The Dinosaur's Diary

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I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married.

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Each child was given a library card so they could return, and in the days that followed they wrote many new stories for the library before it mysteriously disappeared. Although not before making every child a lifelong member! Children who usually never spoke in class contributed. Some families even reported that children were writing more stories for The Lost Lending Library at home. How to plan an immersive projectIn the autumn term we had a surprising visitor to the school. A T-Rex was spotted in the playground during break! It seemed to be looking for something, and moved around the playground until it disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived… They met the guardian of The Lost Lending Library, who told them about its travels and how it jumps from place to place driven by the imagination of young people.

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When Hypsilophoden discovers her new surroundings she is very timid and scared of this new place. She soon discovers that she doesn't need to be afraid as others are now afraid of her. Hypsilophoden still needs some guidance from her unknown surroundings and finds some friends with local swallows. They help her along her journey and find her a safe and secure place to lay her eggs, although, due to her naivety they have some laughs along the way!For my seven year daughter, who loves dinosaurs and all things cute, it was a five star book, as its full of dinosaurs and especially full of cute baby dinosaurs. She found it funny and fun to read and really liked the diary format. It was pitched just right for her to both read aloud to me and to read to herself. The story happens to the learner – they are protagonists, their feelings are as much part of the story as the characters they encounter. I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him).

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My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes. Immersive learning has its roots in immersive theatre. This invites the audience to move through a theatrical world as active participants. Even now the project is complete, it has continued to have a positive impact on the children’s general engagement and communication.We learned about it eight years ago when the charity Punchdrunk Enrichment led a whole-school immersive learning project. They still find clues in the playground that they think could have been left behind by the dinosaur. It remains part of their day-to-day conversations. Pupils’ work helps propel the narrative forward – learning is positioned as a chapter in an unfolding story.