WHY HIRE ME
I've had a varied career from studying maths at university to working in television and taking photographs. Now that I'm a published author, I want to inspire the future generation.
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WHAT I OFFER
Powerpoint presentation with images and videos includes:
WHAT I OFFER
Students will create mind maps to visualise their main character and answer the key questions:
WHAT I OFFER
Students will create character arcs which will form the basis of their story, by answering the key questions:
Suitable for Years 5 and 6, this workshop is designed to enthuse a love of maths in students, get them realising how maths is used in our everyday lives and that it can be fun!
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"Just the most fascinating and inspiring author visit. We were so lucky have Lou Abercrombie speak to our students. You could tell how much they'd enjoyed it as I think almost every student had their hand up for the Q&A at the end!"
- Pocklington School
"Thanks very much again for coming and delivering such an interesting session. It is no mean task to hold 90 Y7s attention for more than 30 min. I know that well. But you definitely did it for over an hour."
- Laszlo Matiscsak, QEH Bristol
"Lou visited us to deliver her talk to a small group of students. Her talk was engaging and entertaining - the students really enjoyed hearing about her inspiring life experiences and had lots of questions to help them understand what it means to be a writer. Lou was warm and genuine and I would thoroughly recommend her for an author visit to your school!"
- Heather Thomas, Richard Lander School, Truro
"We were lucky to have Lou come and speak to Year 7 at Hayesfield Girls’ School, our first author visit of the year. Lou initially discovered the secrets to the mystery of book writing and learnt lots about Lou’s first two books: Coming Up For Air and Fig Swims the World. Both are fantastic stories and I would strongly recommend them. We also found out about her background before writing (she studied maths at university and wanted to be a BBC sound engineer!). Then we had a chance to ask lots of questions in a Q&A session. Here we unearthed the history of Lou’s history of cold water swimming and viewed pictures of her as a mermaid – it was incredible! I think, and I’m sure others agree, that I learned more about cold water swimming and free diving in one hour than the previous twelve years of my life! This was a brilliant and informative visit and we hope that she will be able to come and visit again one day!"
- Allegra, student at Hayesfield Girls School, Bath