Let's Investigate Words!
Description:
Why is a cat called a cat, a teddy a teddy and an egg an egg? Have you ever wondered where words come from?
Why are some words more powerful or somehow better than others? Do you have any favourites?
Join this class to play with sounds, find out about words and make up some of your own.
Start date: 10:00am, 3rd Mar, 2012
End date: 2:00pm, 3rd Mar, 2012
Location: London, South East / London
Masterclass year groups: 1, 2
Cost: £38.00
Masterclass leader: Rosemary Butcher
Bio: Rosemary has several years’ experience in the field of able, gifted and talented education; until recently she was the able, gifted and talented consultant advising and supporting primary and secondary schools in the London borough of Lambeth. In this role she ran a number of events and activities for gifted and talented learners of all ages. She has also worked for Cambridge University running a range of programmes to introduce young people to university. While originally a secondary English teacher, she has experience of teaching younger children in the UK and abroad – an experience since consolidated by having two small children of her own.
Venue: City of London Boys School
Address: Queen Victoria Street, London, London, EC4V 3AL