On Friday, Year 6 attended a virtual visit and presentation from Emma Carroll – author of our class novel ‘Letters from the Lighthouse’. This session allowed students to understand how the novel was built over time, what inspired key characters and settings and how Ms Carroll first got into writing. We further used this as an opportunity to make links to our current History unit (evacuation during WWII) by extending our understanding of Kindertransport and how this affected the character arc of the antagonist in the novel – ‘Esther’.

At the end of the session, students were offered the opportunity to ask Emma Carroll about her other works and inspiration. Special shout outs to Ellie, Sameer and Henry for their insightful questions!