Author Visit - 'New Home'

Year 5 were visited by Helen King researcher and author, alongside illustrator Lily Kroese.

They introduced the pupils to ‘New Home’, which is a children’s book written and illustrated by asylum seekers living in Newcastle.

Listening to the story allowed us to think about how the people in the story would feel; it helped us reflect on our actions towards people experiencing personal hardship.

We were so impressed by the moving story and we offered our own ideas for how we would help to welcome refugees to our community.

During the workshop, we decorated a fabric square which will be sewn together by Lily to create a "belonging" scarf for our class.

Thank you for inspiring us!