Jack Trelawny at Sidmouth Primary School EX10 9XB - Teacher Review

'Thanks for a Fantastic Visit'

Jack visited Sidmouth Primary and gave a slideshow presentation and talk followed by a 'Meet the Author' booksigning event.

After the visit, Literacy Coordinator, Caroline Morgan, wrote to Campion Books with a review of the visit...

To Jane Bennett
Events Manager
Campion Books

Dear Jane,
I just wanted to e-mail to say how fantastic our visit from Jack Trewawny was yesterday.
The children (and staff) found his talk really inspirational and the opportunity to have books signed after the visit was brilliant too.
I have been approached by one parent this morning to say that her son, who is usually a reluctant reader, has already read the first ten chapters of the book and had to be pried away from it at bedtime!
Another child has come into school this morning with the beginning of a story he is writing which has clearly been influenced by Jack's book and presentation.
Please could you pass my thanks onto Jack. 

Thank you,
Caroline Morgan
Sidmouth Primary School
Devon EX10 9XB

Source: Sidmouth Primary School

Jack Trelawny at Burgoyne Middle School SG19 2PG

Jack Trelawny visits Burgoyne Middle School

The children in Years 5 and 6 at Burgoyne Middle school enjoyed an inspirational talk from the author Jack Trelawny today.

   The author of the Kernowland and Erthwurld series spoke about how he uses his imagination to create stories.

   He showed with a series of pictures how he used certain questions – who, what, where, when and why – to develop ideas for story writing.

   The children had many a giggle at the wonderful animals Mr Trelawny had created from the zebroceros to the cross between the giraffe, seal, deer and elephant that even Mr Trelawny had been unable to name!!!

Children were heard afterwards: 
“I loved the way he made up animals- the cross breeds- they were so funny”
Other children thought “the cute animals were the best” while other children were surprised: “It was amazing how he read the first chapter of his book without even looking at it!”

After a book-signing session the children returned enthused to their lessons and Mr Trelawny enjoyed a well earned coffee before travelling to his next school in Essex.

We would like to thank Mr Trelawny for the wonderful experience he gave the children and staff who also found the talk interesting! We would certainly recommend this to any school especially as  Mr Trelawny offers these visits for free at present – visit his website www.jacktrelawny.co.uk or ring Jane Bennett at Campion books, tel 01992 714369.

To Campion Books,
Please pass on again our gratitude to Jack. The staff and children are all enthused having seen him in action. What an inspirational speaker!!!! the children loved him and the staff were enthralled as well. we are handing out the extra order forms this afternoon as many children expressed the wish that they had ordered...
Sarah Wells, Burgoyne Middle School


Source: Burgoyne Middle School website

Jack Trelawny at Plumberow Primary Academy SS5 5BX

Jack Trelawny visits again! 2011

Year 4 pupils again had the opportunity to question children's author Jack Trelawny about the books he writes, including the Kernowland series.

   Workshops took place offering tips, with Jack Trelawny speaking about the origins of his ideas!

   The visit links to the work in progress in Literacy lessons, where the pupils are preparing to write their own Fantasy Adventures!

Pupils were also able to have books signed by the author.
   Some comments from the pupils included...

"I thought today was brilliant!"

"we were given some good ideas of how to improve our writing"

"I thought he was fantastic!... he gave us lots of ideas"

"he has given me the confidence to write a story in a better way"

Another fun, learning experience!

Source: Plumberow Primary Academy website

Jack Trelawny at St Mary's Primary School CM0 8LZ

Jack Trelawny visits St Mary's CE Primary School
The author visited St Mary's and gave a slideshow presentation and talk followed by a 'Meet the Author' booksigning event.

Story House 1: Who is in the story?

Jack Trelawny's Story House Part 1

Who is in the story?

Stories have characters.
Ask the question, 'Who is in the story?', and the answer will be 'the characters'.
Characters could be people, animals, ghosts, monsters, mutants... or even robots!
Stories start with ideas.
I collect lots of pictures to give me ideas.
And I ask lots of questions about the pictures to give me even more ideas.
Question: Who is going to be in my story?
Answer: A dog.

Question: What do I do now?
Answer: Look at pictures of dogs and ask lots more questions...

Will it be a small, sweet dog?

Or is the dog big and a bit scary?

Question: What is going to be his or her name?

Answer: I'll look at some dog names to give me some ideas...

Albert    Dribble    Fetch    Fido    Fluffy    Patch    Rover    Spot

For the Kernowland in Erthwurld story, I wanted a dog that everyone would love.

I also wanted people to feel a bit sorry for him. 

I chose the name, 'Dribble', because he's always hungry.

He drools and dribbles all the time when he thinks about eating nice food because his master - Mr Melanchol Drym - only gives him a little cold porridge every two days.

Then I gave him very long ears, which he trips over when he walks.

Ideas like this can come from looking at pictures like the one below from Guinness World Records...

Harbor the hound has the longest dog ears on the planet!

If a story makes you feel something, you usually want to know what happens next. So, just to make sure everyone would feel really sorry for Dribble, I made Mr Drym very, very nasty to him.

Below is the sketch I drew of nasty Mr Drym and poor little Dribble for the front cover of Kernowland 2 Darkness Day. You can see that I also wrote some words to help me with the characteristics of the two characters. Characteristics are things about the characters which show what they are like. I think it's quite good sometimes if the characters can be easily recognised by their characteristics.

Question: Do you think I'm good at drawing?

Don't worry, you can be truthful because I know the answer...

No, I'm not!

But, even though I'm terrible at drawing, the sketch still helped the artist, Louise Hackman-Hexter, to draw the picture of Drym and Dribble.

Of course, drawing is Louise's job. I think she is a very good artist, don't you?

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Now that we'd created the picture of the two characters, we could put them on the front cover of the book.

Signed and dedicated editions

I hope that has helped you a little bit with answering the question...

'Who is going to be in my story?'

See you next time in Story House Part 2.

Happy writing,

Jack Trelawny

Author - Edutainer - School Visitor

Jack Trelawny Kernowland in Erthwurld Resources for Teachers and Parents

Kernowland in Erthwurld Resources for Teachers and Parents

The Kernowland series can be read for pure enjoyment but can also be used, in conjunction with Jack's school visits, as 'Edutainment' - learning with fun.
   There are Kernowland in Erthwurld resources - example chapters, quizzes, artwork, slideshows, more - for teachers and parents to use with the six books.
   See www.jacktrelawny.co.uk/resources

Note: We are always very happy to receive any contributions for resources from schools, parents, or children. This can include artwork by children, reviews, letters to the author, etc., which we may then include on our website(s). Please email to info@campionpublishing.com or post to: Jane Bennett, Campion Publishing Ltd, 2 Lea Valley House, Stoney Bridge Drive, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 3LY.

Jack Trelawny Kernowland in Erthwurld Quiz 2

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Kernowland in Erthwurld Quiz 2
10 questions from Book 1, Chapters 2-5
Quizzes based on the Kernowland in Erthwurld series of books by Jack Trelawny
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Do the quiz online and you will receive a Quiz Certificate with your name and score. Go to online Quiz

Note: The quizzes are based on the six books in the Kernowland in Erthwurld series by Jack Trelawny. All children have to do to take each quiz is enter their name at the start. There is no need to enter an email or home or school address, or any other identifying information, so it is safe for children to complete the quizzes online at school or at home. When quiz takers have finished each online quiz, they will be told which answers they got right and wrong and their overall score in a Report. They will also receive a personalised Certificate which can be downloaded or printed. Please feel free to share a quiz or add it to your own school or other website by clicking on the 'Embed' and other sharing links. To View/Download/Print the quizzes, teachers, parents, and carers can go to the Jack Trelawny Resources page.