Visit from Author of the Tom Gates series, Liz Pichon

We were so honoured and excited to welcome Liz Pichon to our school on Thursday.  Liz is the author of the brilliant series of Tom Gates books and the first one was published 15 years ago.  3^rd – 6^th classes took part in a fabulous workshop where we heard how Liz comes up with her story ideas and we learned how to draw her characters. 

We even got to design our own crazy character which we really hope features in future books.  Liz spoke to us about how her dyslexia hasn’t stopped her being a published author and all our pupils thought this was inspirational.  At the end of the workshop we were able to get our drawings and Tom Gates books signed – what an amazing day!