Students design their own character, practise drawing them from different viewpoints, and use a simple narrative structure to write and draw a one-page comic-strip story. This session can be arranged to reflect topics currently being studied at school, such as ecology, road safety, health, etc.

This session is suitable for all abilities, and is especially useful for groups that find literacy challenging.

KS 2/3 Curriculum Links

Art & Design
Visually expressing ideas, thoughts, feelings; exploring and developing imagination and ideas; using a range of techniques and materials, developing practical skills and dexterity.

Communication
Talking about, planning and editing work; communicating information, imaginings and ideas in a clear and organised way; developing, expressing and presenting ideas in a variety of forms and formats; writing with increasing accuracy and proficiency.

Writing – Composition
Writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional); planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about; proofreading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation; discussing the sequence of events in books and how items of information are related; considering what they are going to write before beginning; making simple additions, revisions and corrections to their own writing.