KS1 – A little early World Book Day treat

Monday 03 March 2025

Today, all three KS1 classes had the amazing opportunity to experience a zoom call with the renowned author Julia Donaldson and the talented illustrator Axel Scheffler.

The session started with Axel Scheffler reading us the story ‘The Smeds and The Smoos’. He then drew Bill and Janet from the story. We had a go at drawing along… but it was very fast!

Julia Donaldson then read us her story ‘Tiddler’. It was really lovely to hear for ourselves how she had imagined the voices would sound in the story. We listened attentively before Axel Scheffler then showed us how to draw Tiddler and Little Johnny Dory.

What a great start to the week!

Help at home: There are so many Julia Donladson stories, perhaps you could share some of them together at home. You can also find animated versions of the stories that we heard today a on BBC iplayer. 

The Smeds and The Smoos

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001gncf/the-smeds-and-the-smoos 

Tiddler

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0026dm6/tiddler 

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