Welcome to Loch Mey Monster's
Schools Booking &
Competition Page !
1]I will do my best to be as adaptable as possible so don't be afraid to ask.
2]The book reading I do is interactive and includes a song as well as reading so the children will not get too restless but please ask for what you want.
3]I have experience of seeing thousands of children as well as my own everyday
4]The first two books in the series are suitable and of interest for reading to children aged 5 -12. The third book is at a reading age of 9/10 but can also be read to all children of primary age.[I will adapt to different age groups]
5]I can read to groups of 3 to 60 at a session this is flexible depending on your own facilities and the age ranges involved.
6]The presentations are 45 -60 mins depending on questions and will include a competition to inspire story writing.
7]In Caithness and Sutherland [where I live] the cost of a presentation is £60 up to a maximum of £75 per school if you need more than one presentation.
8] Outside of my home counties the price is £100 per school + travel if the whole school can be seen in one day]
9]If you are booking for a number of schools in your county please book the dates as close together as possible it will save you money if I don't have to travel twice to the same area.
10] For work outside Scotland Wales and England please email to discuss. Thanks
Teachers comments ;
"Some have written much longer and more desciptive pieces than they have ever done before !Thanks for inspiring them" Susan Watson [P6 Teacher Castletown Primary, Caithness ]
"They all enjoyed your story-telling very much. It has stimulated super art work and story writing. Many thanks again" Irene Greig, Head Teacher Millbank Primary School, Buckie,Moray.
"Many thanks for your talk today. The children and teachers were left feeling very inspired and full of enthusiasm. We will certainly book you again soon."
Yvonne Stuart, Principal teacher, Keith Primary School.
Competitions
2009...
The last competition was very time consuming...gave me extremely tired droopy eyes, sleepless nights due to the 'Monster' content of the stories. In fact it was such a tremendously difficult thing to judge I was brought to tears so I've decided to...
...Do it again !
This time the competition is?
Competition 2009 'Another World'
Is there life on another planet? What is it? Where is it? Write a story or draw a picture about life on another world...
There will be a prize for the best story and the best picture from age groups Primary 1-2, 3-4 and 5-7 .
Send your entries to me Graham Winkle,Scarfskerry,Caithness,KW14 8XT by Nov 5 2009.
Winners of writing competition 2009!!
Lizzie Castle- Castletown Primary School
Tayler Willmott - Dornoch Primary School
Gina Alexander - Thrumster Primary School
Pictures
Winner ; Finlay Maclennan - Dornoch Primary
Special Merit -Ben Mackay - Dornoch Primary
Best School - Dornoch Primary.
Thanks to all who entered it was a very difficult choice as always.
The standard was brilliant!
Schools will be notified for prize giving in due course.
WELL DONE ...ELLIE MAIR the overall winner 2008
for her story - 'The Sewage Scavenger'
Read it here ; Epis.1-the end
1st Overall - Ellie Mair - Millbank Primary, Buckie [PRIZE PRESENTED]
2nd - Genevieve Jones-Purdie Edderton Primary, Ross-shire [PRIZE PRESENTED]
3rd - Mairead Hickey - Miller Academy, Thurso
4th - Rhiannon Kirk - Castletown Primary, Caithness[PRIZE PRESENTED]
5th - Shannon Elizabeth Turney -Brora Primary,Brora[PRIZE PRESENTED]
Best Primary 1-4
Gina Alexander - Thrumster Primary , Caithness
Special Commendations -
Chloe Anderson - Pennyland Primary,Caithness[PRIZE PRESENTED]
Martyna Zielinska - Kittybrewster Primary, Aberdeen
Best School -
Castletown Primary, Caihness
WELL DONE EVERYONE WHO ENTERED ...
RESULT FOR COMPETITION 2007
The epic competition to find the best ‘Loch Of Mey Monster’ poem and picture from Primary schools around the county has been completed.
We had hundreds of pictures and poems to choose from and finally left the choice of winner to you. The individual winners from each school were voted for via the website, by email, letter or during the shows we visited this year. So who won?...
BEST POEM
Emily GREEN - [Canisbay Primary School]
BEST PICTURE
Sweyn Scott LINKLATER – [Pultneytown Academy]
Runners up ; Kaitlin Mainland[Castletown] - poem
Emma Taylor[Thrumster] - picture
THE PRIZE
The winning poem and picture will now appear in the third ‘Loch Of Mey Monster’ book ‘A Search For A Monster’
Thanks to everyone who entered we’re sorry you couldn’t all win…. Graham Winkle [Author]
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE A STORY ABOUT A MONSTER …FOR DETAILS OF A NEW COMPETITION SEE COMPETITIONS 2008 >
STORY WRITING IDEAS. Some ideas to get you started
TOP FIFTEEN SHOO'S!!
When I attend your school I always ask to hear how loud you can shout Shoo! [[to scare away the Loch Mey Monster of course] At the end of each year the school at the top of the table wins a special prize! Good shouting!!
1. New Elgin ! Winners 2009'
2.Castletown
3. North Primary Wick
4. Lybster
5. Keith
6. Melvich
7.Hillhead
8. Buckie
9.Canisbay
10. Tongue