Korky Paul Visits Charlton Primary School

Yesterday,  the well-known local children's author, Korky Paul came to Charlton Primary School in Wantage to officially open the  Early Years Unit.   The new building was completed at the beginning of last term, but we have been waiting for the children to settle in and also to arrange for a suitable celebrity to come along to do the honours. 

Korky Paul lives in Oxford and has visited some of the county's primary schools before, and he has such fascinating illustrations to accompany stories such as 'Winnie the Witch'.  Today, he led the early morning assembly at the school, and he asked all the children to take a 'magic ticket'.  I then drew two winning tickets out of Winnie the Witch's hat and the two children who held those tickets had a dinosaur portrait drawn by Korky for them to keep.  This kept the children enthralled, as did his telling of one of the wonderful stories accompanied by his colourful and intricate illustrations.

As a governor of the school, who is responsible for Public Relations, I was delighted that Korky accepted our invitation to come along yesterday.  He is patron of the local childrens' charity The Art Room, which has hit the headlines recently as this has been one of the chosen charities of the Duchess of Cambridge, who is also a patron.