[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-dinosaurs-and-pugs-at-st-olaves-prep-school":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Last Thursday we drew DINOSAURS! I spent the day at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.stolaves.org.uk/aboutus\">St Olave's Prep School\u003C/a> in New Eltham and, as always, I was impressed with how well even young kids can draw, and inspired by all the interesting variations they manage to put into their drawings. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/669249_original-44332ee14f.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nEven though we all drew Dipsy the Diplodocus together, step by step, I loved the ideas the kids came up with, adding extra strips and patterns, and giving their Diplodocuses different expressions just by having the lines in slightly different places. \\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for lots more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/669648_original-0e29785366.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHere are more drawings inspired by \u003Ci>Dinosaur Firefighters\u003C/i>. (\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/dinosaur-firefighters/\">Click here if you want to download drawing tutorials!\u003C/a>)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/669933_original-f647d6845e.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/670116_original-9df0cbdb3c.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/670300_original-68447333ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWith the upper primary, we focused on \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/pugs-of-the-frozen-north/\">Pugs of the Frozen North\u003C/a>\u003C/i>, and they did some terrific pub drawings, even though I didn't manage to snap so many photos of those. \\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/672243_original-7fa71a48a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's a photo of them tweeted by the school! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/670565_original-ba54f421f3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWith the very youngest ones, in Nursery and Reception, they helped me think up ideas for creating the character of Lottie the Cowboy T-Rex, and together we invented a pretty compelling story, full of funny perils! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/670865_original-59dfa9cc15.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nI didn't get to draw with the youngest children, but when I went out onto the playground, I could see they'd been busily drawing Diplodocuses on the ground in chalk. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/671464_original-03aebc8d85.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nThe signing queue was so orderly that I was able to spend a bit of time with almost every child - I really liked the drawing this one had made! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/671512_original-29bd55e8b8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nHuge thanks to Head of English \u003Cb>Emma Kiely\u003C/b> for looking after me so well all day, and to all the staff and children for being so supportive and welcoming! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/671744_original-71fd1e5eb9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2019-03-16T18:00:00.000Z","dinosaurs-and-pugs-at-st-olaves-prep-school",[],"dinosaurs and pugs at st olave's prep school",1776628730071]