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Author and illustrator Simon Murray has come to visit St Catherine’s! Y3EB are loving this workshop! We’re learning to draw a character from his book Icky Doo Dah @ickydoodah It’s going great!

Year 1 also enjoyed the fantastic visit from author and illustrator Simon Murray @ickydoodah. They loved following the 20steps to create their own illustrations of Icky Doo Dah and really enjoyed reading the story at the end of the day!

Very exciting to have author Simon Murray of @ickydoodah with us this morning! The children loved his books and his masterclass on drawing characters. We might have some budding illustrators in our midst!

Carrying on from #worldbookweek we had the pleasure of having author and illustrator Simon Murray @ickydoodah in school today. Thank you for a brilliant visit, the children enjoyed the assembly and fun activities! #CognitaWay

Some more photos of our Year 1 & 3 visit from Author Simon Murray... @DallowPrimary @ickydoodah

We have kick started our day amazingly with Simon Murray, the Illustrator and Author of @ickydoodah we can't wait to create our own illustrations! @_stcatherines @OpenUni_RfP

Zayden had Simon Murray in school the other week. They were learning to draw @ickydoodah and I’m so proud of what he achieved!

We were delighted to welcome Simon Murray, the author/illustrator of the @ickydoodah series of books, to school today ✍️📖✨ He ran a whole host of exciting workshops for all the children throughout the day and they learned lots of new skills from his visit!

F1 have enjoyed a story with Mr Murray too! @ickydoodah

Check out @STC_3IF @STC_3EB s @ickydoodah illustrations!!

Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed a visit from Simon Murray yesterday. They learnt how to draw his 'Icky Doo Dah' character before creating a character and planning a story of their own. A great way to start Book Week!

Reading is must from day 1, every night my kids hear a story before bed. Bring the books to life for kids develop their understand and imagination. Some books I have read to my kids and ones I have read myself @OFalafel @ickydoodah do great workshop for kids in school #LDeduchat

We were very lucky to host a visit from children’s author and illustrator Simon Murray. Simon came in to share some of his books about his character Icky Doo Dah. Year 1 & 3 children really enjoyed his visit and drawing their own works of art! @DallowPrimary @ickydoodah

Icky Doo Dah author and illustrator Simon Murray presenting this afternoon at our Tech and Visual Arts Careers Fair @OxLEPSkills

This week in outdoor learning KS1 enjoyed using materials from outside to create pictures of the Great Fire of London. They also used inspiration from our recent author visit to create Icky Doo Dah’s car!

It was great for Year 2 to receive a special visit from author and illustrator Simon Murray. The children had a wonderful time and even had the chance to draw Icky Doo Dah - the main character from his story 😃 ✏️

Yesterday Y1/2 & Y3/4 had a SURPRISE visit from the author and illustrator Simon Murray. He shared his book Icky Doo Dah and gave each class their own copy. He taught the children how to draw illustrations using letters and shapes. Everyone had lots of fun drawing their own Icky.

Ks1 and EYFS had a great day yesterday meeting a very engaging and exciting illustrator and author @SimonMurray … We even had the opportunity to draw our own Icky Doo Dah illustrations.

It was great seeing the children again and signing the books! Your brilliant artwork is now on display at the gallery at ickydoodah.com

Great to be back among Delta schools again! Fab time at Hatfield and Crookesbroom Primary schools. Hope you all enjoy 'Poppy Warrior' over the weekend! Pete and Kath