Author Visit
with
Sita Brahmachari
Tuesday 27th July 2023
TRANSITION
Year 6 classes were treated to an engaging workshop with the award-winning author, Sita Brahmachari, to support them as they make the big change of moving to secondary school.
Sita’s workshop introduced her book ‘When Secrets Set Sail’ highlighting the themes of journeys, change and transition. She shared with the children her own experiences of growing up and her journey to becoming an author. She told the children how she was shy at school and only had the confidence later in life to share her writing.
She used the symbols of anchor and sails as metaphors for what connects us to our past, and what propels us into our future encouraging the children to doodle on ‘anchor and sails’ worksheets things that they treasure and emotions they feel that connect them to their history and inheritance.
“Fold all your emotions and experiences into stories”, advised Sita, as she stretched the treasured sari from her past across the classroom with the help of a child.
With Sita’s help the children also completed a Reading Identi-tree noting books on branches of a tree that were important to them and creating a type of character map.
Sita’s book ‘When Secrets Set Sail’ deals with issues of transition and her workshop helped the children think about ways of positively embracing this new beginning.
Sita was given a tour of our school and library. She was impressed not only with our school library but with all our reading corners giving children every opportunity to read.
Sita signed school copies of her books to the delight of the children.
In our school library we have copies of the following books written by Sita:
Red Leaves
Worry Angels
Where the River Runs Gold
Swallow’s Kiss
Thank you to @sitabrahmachari and the #GetIslingtonReading program run by @Literacy_Trust / @readingagency for giving us this wonderful opportunity.
