10 DAY HONG KONG SCHOOL TOUR
My school tour includes the HKUGA Primary School with Michael Hung, the Vice Chairman of the Quality Library Network, the wonderful Joyce Wong at Kingston School, (my second visit with her students), and the Read More …
Category: School Visits
BALGOWLAH NORTH
Thanks Deborah Horsely for a rewarding day talking to Kindy to Year 6 students at Balgowlah North Public School. Students asked interesting questions and I discussed sustainability and biodiversity with the older students.
LUNCH WITH THE STARS
Another great St Patricks Day organised by Belinda Murrell and the CBCA team. 22 schools attended and 22 authors hosted a table. Children were excited to meet their favourite authors and there was a prize for the best decorated table. As you Read More …
BEAUTIFUL BOWRAL
The students did a fantastic job creating animals in the library. A fabulous two days talking to all the students at the Bowral Public School. The dedicated Teacher Librarian, Jenny Henderson, gave me a wonderful welcome and the students were so Read More …
MELBOURNE SCHOOLS
Judy Seager invited me to talk to students at Penbank Public School again. Travelling there was a problem because of work being done on the train lines. The school was over an hour’s drive, so I had to find a Read More …
Sleepy Sloth at Singapore Zoo
Saturday 12th: I arrived at the zoo at 8.30am to photograph their sleepy sloth. It lives in the Fragile Forest enclosure with hundreds of beautiful birds, bats and lemurs. The lemurs were curled up together having a snooze. The sloth Read More …
March 2016 Hong Kong & Singapore Diary
29th February: It was great to be in Hong Kong again and I had school bookings every day for the first week. But first, a radio interview with Phil Whelan RTHK, Radio 3. It was a fun interview. Tuesday 1 Read More …
A week in the country
I was thrilled to be invited to Gunnedah and Tamworth schools for a week, so I decided to catch the train to Gunnedah. It was over seven hours so I planned to read Jesse Blackadder’s book, Chasing the Light. But, Read More …
Hong Kong School Tour
I arrived in Hong Kong on 20th September 2015 and I looked forward to giving talks to thousands of school children. 21 Monday: It was going to be such fun to talk to Year 1 and Year 2 children at Read More …
Happy In Hong Kong
It was great to be in Hong Kong again to give presentations on endangered animals, the environment, sustainability and biodiversity. There was a very special day at DGS School organised by Nina Chu. After two presentations the girls ordered over Read More …