Roy Apps
Children’s Author - Scriptwriter - Dramatist - Lyricist
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Visits
& Workshops
& Workshops
School Visits and Workshops
Roy visits schools, libraries and bookshops all over the country. He has appeared at many Arts and Book Festivals including the Edinburgh International Children's Book Festival, the Brighton Festival and the Southampton Children's Book Festival. He leads writing projects for all ages and has helped young writers create books, plays, films, poetry, podcasts and opera.
Roy's popular "assembly size" events for schools are:
For Y2 -
Group size: up to 200+ 45'-75'
An fun interactive session about the magic of stories, where they come from and how you can make them come alive - ideal for that special 'Book Week' event.
For Reception, Y1 and Y2:
The Twitches
Group size: up to 50 20'- 40'. Fun session with hats, a noisy chant with actions, Sidney the friendly spider and lots of audience participation.
For Y7 and Y8:
Thieves, Liars and the Quest for POWER
Group size: up to 200+ 30’ -45'
KS3 version of ‘The Shed in Your Head.’ Includes readings from one my young teen titles and questions from the floor.
Writing workshops
Roy's workshops can be tailored for any age or ability group. Usually, he will work alongside a teacher or TA with a class size group. Workshops Roy can offer include:
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Magic Story Bags (character and story structure KS1/2)
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Junk Shop poems (story structure and the sound of language)
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Only Connect (narrative structure KS3 upwards)
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Let's Go on a Story Hunt!(walk round school grounds)
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Tales from Tunes (using music as inspiration)
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Surreal Stories (using 'found' objects or words for inspiration).
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Moving Pictures (using visual art as inspiration)
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At the Hereford Children’s Book Festival.
Book Week, St John’s RC Primary School, Gravesend.
A big thank you. You have been inspirational to staff and children alike.'
Headteacher, Great Bowden Primary School, Leicestershire
I liked finding out about story magic. I had another go at my story and it got really
good."
Year 4 pupil, Medway Towns.
CPD, Extended writing Projects and Able Writers' Groups
CPD
Roy regularly leads CPD sessions for staff. Often, the focus here is practical and creative; giving teachers the opportunity to try out, enjoy and reflect on some of the creative writing activities we undertake with children and students.
Extended Writing Projects
Roy has led children's writing projects at venues such as The Museum of Canterbury, Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Gallery. Longer writing projects can also be school-based and can be intensive - say over the course of a week -or consist of a number of visits during the course of a term or a school year. Whatever the length of the project, the outcome will lead to a publication or a performance.
Children become real authors
Publication, in the form a short book, enables children to become real authors. Roy works closely with The Little Books Company, who specialise in publishing books of children’s and students’ writing for schools.
Performance writing
Roy’s experience as a scriptwriter, lyricist and dramatist has led him to become involved in helping schools write plays, films, audio material and opera.
Words & Music
With composer John Webb, Roy runs Words & Music ‘mini-projects’ to enable schools to write their own school song (or songs!)
Able Writers Groups
Able Writers’ Groups give teams of talented young writers the opportunity to spend the day with a professional writer, usually three times a year. For more details, contact Shelley Lee at Authors’ Abroad shelley@caboodlebooks.co.uk
CPD
Roy regularly leads CPD sessions for staff. Often, the focus here is practical and creative; giving teachers the opportunity to try out, enjoy and reflect on some of the creative writing activities we undertake with children and students.
Extended Writing Projects
Roy has led children's writing projects at venues such as The Museum of Canterbury, Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Gallery. Longer writing projects can also be school-
Children become real authors
Publication, in the form a short book, enables children to become real authors. Roy works closely with The Little Books Company, who specialise in publishing books of children’s and students’ writing for schools.
Performance writing
Roy’s experience as a scriptwriter, lyricist and dramatist has led him to become involved in helping schools write plays, films, audio material and opera.
Words & Music
With composer John Webb, Roy runs Words & Music ‘mini-
Able Writers Groups
Able Writers’ Groups give teams of talented young writers the opportunity to spend the day with a professional writer, usually three times a year. For more details, contact Shelley Lee at Authors’ Abroad shelley@caboodlebooks.co.uk
Your way of helping us make characters out of buildings and objects was amazing.
Y5 pupil, Lewisham -
'Engaging and inspiring.'
KS3 Literacy
Coordinator, Essex
One of the best days in my life at school so far.
Y5 pupil, Kent.
