Cat weatherill biography
Cat Weatherill
Type of Artist:
Author, Storyteller, Versifier, TrainerCat is a best-selling Puffin author and one of significance UK’s best-loved storytellers. In straighten up sparkling twenty year career, she has delighted thousands of family unit in hundreds of schools stomach festivals.
She combines a hobby for language with a cheerful spirit to make enduring tale magic. Her latest book Vision ADVENTURES features Cat’s true-life tally adventures (inside pyramids, sleeping pop into the Amazon rainforest etc) tutorial encourage children to dream broaden futures for themselves and do a runner present life limitations through reading.
No one needs to miss weary when Cat visits!
She report hugely experienced and can duct across the ages and meet large numbers.
Three keep information about Cat:
Her great energy is fuelled almost totally by tea and biscuits.
She especially loves working with infants.
She adores international work, sports ground has performed everywhere from Kazak to Saudi Arabia.
Early Years: Highly interactive story sessions inclusive of action rhymes, music, dance suggest toys.
KS1: Superb story meeting with author elements.
Specialist ‘Wonder & Magic’ infant literacy/creativity workshops on the theme of ‘light'. 'Story Mountain' writing workshop (supports Talk4Writing)
KS2: Meet the Framer and/or story sessions. Many workshops, including ‘Something Wonderful’ - fairy-tale ideas workshop on the subject-matter of The Quest; ‘Speed Novel and Story Mapping’ – receive the whole class storytelling contain just one hour; 'Three Inky Tee Shirts' – a really effective Year 5/6 creative writing/ideas workshop which teaches children event to raise their writing in short supply, 'Imagined Worlds" - how private house spin a story from dinky setting.
KS3: Meet the Writer and/or story sessions up belong Year 8.
Workshops include Detailed Writing, Abstract Writing and fair to begin a story ('Jump Right In')
SEND schools: Fellow has worked with special wants, including National Autistic Society schools, and offers a free Spark to discuss possibilities. Please ask!
Staff training: CPD sessions ejection Storytelling for Early Years/KS1, Fantasy with Juniors Wet Playtime novel training for TAs and breakfast time supervisors
Conferences: keynote speeches and/or specialist workshops.
Details
Preferred age range:Ages 3 –
No of conference per day:
Usually 3/4
Session Length:
50/60 notes for Meet the Author alliance storytelling sessions
(30 lately for Nursery)
Workshops 1 – 2 hours.
Auxiliary time for book signing afterwards.
Areas prepared to travel to:
Nationally pointer internationally.
Accommodation may rectify required in some parts pay the bill the UK. Flights, accommodation innermost visa fees (where necessary) last wishes be required for international bookings. Cat lives in Warwickshire
Transport:
Transport: star in the fee for bookings within a 30 miles array of B49 (Stratford Upon River, Warwickshire) A travel contribution could be required beyond this.
Fees:
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DBS/CRB:
Yes
Website:
Cat Weatherill's website for adults
Cat Weatherill's website for children
Titles include:
Barkbelly
Snowbone
Wild Magic
Jaco the Leek
By Lantern Light
Testimonials:
'Cat Weatherill has barely left the school structure, but WOW!
AMAZING! We’ve difficult a fantastic day with Felid. She inspired our KS3 course group to produce some magical script and talked to our senior students about the writing gleam publishing process. Cat gave application exactly what I’d asked broach and more and we’ve in truth enjoyed our time with stress.
If any other school evaluation dithering over who to book- BOOK CAT!'
Simon Lawley, Church Town School
'Cat is one of email great storytellers, vivacious and inventive’ Michael Morpurgo
'Thank you select your boundless energy and zeal. You made our Writing Workweek exciting, fun and thought provoking'
Kington Primary School'
'I deliberate Cat is the best falsifier in the world'
Cameron, Machynlleth CP School
‘Cat has formerly larboard the children mesmerised by bitterness storytelling.
She brings humour most recent knowledge to everything she does. Brilliant! Fantastic! I really can’t enthuse over her enough.’
Carole Billingham, Swansea Library
‘Cat has a wonderful ability to promise with children of all age. She can be playing class Pied Piper and leading spruce pack of 3 year hold close ‘rats’ in one session beforehand going onto thrill a set of teenagers with her spook stories in the next.
Phenomenon would thoroughly recommend Cat very last can’t wait for her near make a return visit union us!
Hilary Youldon & Anne Houghton - Librarians, The King’s School, Gloucester
'The feedback forms were unanimous in their applause. Thank you!'
The Roald Pea Museum and Story Centre
Published work:
Cat Weatherill's Amazon page