Before Christmas, we went to the Seven Stories Museum – the National Centre for Children’s Books in Newcastle. I highly recommend this – beautifully presented Exhibitions of original art work and writing.  A floor was dedicated to Michael Morpurgo, a fascinating insight into his ‘Lifetime in Stories’.  It’s a wonderful place to take children –

To look at ‘Architecture’ the children were asked to design a Wild Life Visitors’ Centre. They were given a brief so they could work to the client’s needs, and to think about Functionality. They were asked to sketch their thoughts on very rough paper before fine-tuning a chosen design. This enabled them to produce a body