What do you get when you mix an author, 300 children and some cat books?
Here's what happened when Heidi spent a few days at ACS International, Doha
What an amazing few days with some super intelligent and engaging children and teachers at ACS International School in Doha, Qatar...
Sunday morning 8am, the alarm goes off and I'm off to school to run a series of workshops with Years 2 and 5 at ACS International School. It's quite a difference in the weather compared to the freezing cold of the UK, at 9am it's already 30 degrees and as you can expect wall-to-wall sunshine. As you would expect children of all nationalities studying together - which makes for a really diverse environment and the children are super friendly and engaging. Monday morning was a much earlier start at the school and I spent the day with Grades 1, 3 and 4. We watched short videos that you can find on Youtube, we learnt some French and Spanish (teaching the children how to order ice creams in Spanish went down a treat!!) and then of course the obligatory photo sessions.
After spending a few minutes introducing myself and talking about how I became an author came a series of quick fire questions from the children that they had prepared before my arrival. Here's what they wanted to know...
Q: What inspired you to write the Catnap storybooks? What did you learn when writing the book?
