Year 3 and Oak Class had a great day yesterday enjoying the first day of the 30th Hay Festival. Our day started with a talk & scientific explanations from ‘How to be a Scientist’ by Steve Mould (scientist and TV presenter). We then spent an hour with Ali Sparkes, who read extracts from her new book ‘Thunder Struck’. Our final session was with poet John Dougherty with a theme of ‘Dinosaurs & Dinner Ladies’. The hour long session was a mixture of poetry and songs being streamed live across 200 schools in Wales.
“I liked the science experiments.” ~ Will & Riley
“It was really fun & enjoyable.” ~ Charlotte
“I liked seeing and listening to the authors.” ~ Lily
“The poet was my favourite; he was really good and was great on the guitar too.” ~ Romerleigh
“I liked the part when the scientist electrocuted a pickle and made it glow yellow – I didn’t think it would do that!” – Katie
“My favourite part was when the scientist made us see a black and white photo in colour!” ~ William
“The scientist’s optical illusions were my favourite.” ~ Bea
“I liked Ali Sparkes…she made me want to read her book.” ~ Sarah
“Ali Sparkes made me laugh.” ~ Mary Grace
“She made some funny noises.” ~Isla
“She held up signs like ‘Wild Applause’ … it made me laugh!” ~ Felicity
“The poet was really funny.” ~ Elliot
“It was all really interesting.” ~ Sam
