Last week I was taking part in the Big Fife Book Festival starting on Sunday, 12th September, with the Dunfermline Family Book Carnival in Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline. It was such a beautiful day that I ended up doing my Hamish McHaggis event in the open air. Hamish came along to say hello to the children and we all had a lovely time!
On Monday I was visiting St James Primary School in Penicuik Where I spoke to Primary 1 and 2 in the morning and to the nursery children in the afternoon. We had a lot of fun with colours and animals and the story of Small Smooth and Grey in What Colour is Love?
I was well looked after by the lovely Fife librarians for the next three days all part of the Fife Book Festival.
On Wednesday I was in Kirkland High School in Leven to meet a large audience of Primary children
In the afternoon I spoke to the top of the high school S4-S6 about Dead Boy Talking and Spider .
On Thursday I spent the morning in Kirkcaldy West Primary and in the afternoon I visited Benar
ty primary in Balingry.
On Friday I had my biggest audience when I had sold out the Carnegie Hall with 500 children all between 4 and 7 years old. It was great fun but I have to admit that when Hamish McHaggis himself made an appearance he definitely stole the show!
Not surprising, he is very cuddly!
On Friday afternoon I was visiting Kindcardine Primary school who are presently in temporary accommodation because their school had been on fire. But the teachers were doing a great job and some classes were housed in a converted part of the local community centre for the time being. We had a lovely afternoon there and Hamish decided to call in to wish them well, too.
great teachers, to put together fabulous FREE teacher resources to use in the primary classroom with the Hamish McHaggis books.
See how the Hamish McHaggis books can be a fun and interesting learning experience that can vary from a single class activity to a much bigger project that the entire primary school can become involved with.
