Writing Academy Years 5 and 6: Legends and Heroes

Educational series. Four children are given the task of writing a legend or historical story, with personal tuition from children's writer Michael Morpurgo.

Inspiring book extracts include the boyhood of King Arthur as retold in Kevin Crossley-Holland's The Seeing Stone; and Morpurgo's Joan of Arc, a thrilling enactment of the dramatic court-room transcripts.

Key learning focuses on creating larger than life characters within accurate historical settings. What will Writing Academy judges Jamila Gavin and publisher Kate Wilson make of the children's efforts?