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Workshops were held at Tang Hall Primary School in 2006. Members of Writers Together ran a series of workshops with small groups of children in years 3, 4 and 5. We were looking at ways of helping children to think and write creatively.

A booklet has been produced "Tang Hall Children Writing Together".

This project was funded by Arts Action, York.

Belw are some samples of the children's writing:

I’m not scared of thunder and lightning.
It wails when there’s a storm.
There are massive waves in the crashing sea.
Lightning comes in the middle of thunderstorms.
Lightning comes out of thunder.
Dark clouds come out when it rains.
There’s a gale in a thunderstorm.
When it rains it floods.
The sky turns grey when there’s a storm.

I played outside in the snow.
Snowdrops are tiny little drops of snow.
The covering of snowdrops keeps plants warm.
Skiing is fun to do apart from when you fall off.
Snowflakes are made up of tiny pieces of snow.
When there is snow on a mountain top it is all white.
You can go bob sleighing.

Hi my name is Georgia I love to eat ice-cream.
A land of sweets and chocolate is my favourite dream.
I like to go on holiday to somewhere where it’s sunny.
I don’t go to school, I just play in the pool.
And just spend all my dad’s money.

I wonder if the stars can talk
I wonder if I'll ever get a job
I wonder about what I'll become
I wonder if there is a man in the moon
I wonder if the sun has a face.

I want to play for Everton
I don't want to play for Arsenal
I want it to be home time
I don't want to play inside
I want Everton to beat Arsenal 20-0
I don't want Arsenal to beat us.

People say the Minster is big
but I think it is huge.

People say the Minster looks
beautiful when it glows
well, I think its cool.

Tulips are a lovely flower.
Tulips are so very pretty.
Being pretty is their power.
Tulips are a pretty flower.
When it rains they’re having a shower.
If it's picked it is a pity.
Tulips are a lovely flower.
Tulips are so very pretty.

I sat in a café and sipped a coke.
There sat beside me a whopping great bloke
Who sighed as he elbowed me into the wall.
“Your trouble my boy is your belly’s too small.
Your bottom’s too thin. Take a lesson from me
I may not be nice but am great you’ll agree.”

“I’ve lasted a lifetime by playing this hunch
The bigger the breakfast the larger the lunch.
The larger the hunger the super the deeper the teapot
The faster the cuppa the fatter the sausages the fuller the tea
The more on the table the better for me.”

Along came a woman mopping the floor
With a mop and a bucket to even the score.
I lifted that bucket and clearly said, “I’ve found all my life it’s a pretty sure bet
The fuller the bucket the wetter you get.”

The calm sea
And the blue sky
The whistling trees
And the wind passing by.

The rocks on the beach
The crabs on the shore
Children in the sea
Going back for more.

Parents and children
Surfing on the sea
Dream the dream
How better could it be?

People sunbathing
It must be warm
People on the beach
Since early to dawn.

Mountains far
Closer to the sky
You see the clouds
Whooshing by.

It was our first day on holiday in Northumberland. Mum and Dad had already unpacked and they said they had a surprise for us. It was not very far away, it was a boat. On the side of the boat it said “Farne Islands” The boat set off. It took a long time, but we soon saw some huge rocks. On them sat puffins, herons and their eggs. Some went diving down into the water to catch fish. Then I saw something amazing, a whale and some seals. We headed back.

It was dinner time, so Mum and Dad took me, Emma and Joseph for a walk in the park. We had a picnic and fed the ducks. After dinner we went to the beach. Their were lots of beaches but this was the best. Massive sand dunes were all over. Some were in the shape of a circle with a dip in the middle. I climbed up one and stood on the top. I felt like a queen. I slid into the dip. The dip was surrounded by rabbit holes. I turned round. In front of me was a massive rabbit hole. I would not be long, so I decided to take an adventure.

I went through the rabbit hole and started walking. It was hours before I saw a colour other than black. I was in a massive glass tunnel under the sea. Ten minutes later I saw the rabbit hole I had come through. All of a sudden the hole got covered up with sand. Just then five rabbits the same size as me came with a carrot each, and they started using them as axes. It didn’t take long for the hole to be opened. I thanked the rabbits and they hopped away.