THE Cherry Tree Primary School in Lymm has taken part in a once-in-a-lifetime festive writing workshop all about capturing the magic of Christmas writing charity Grimm & Co, to help create the very first North West Christmas Tale!
Cherry Tree Primary School was selected alongside four other regional schools to take part in the North West Christmas Tale workshop, which will see schoolchildren inspiring a regional written tale by Manchester author Mike Garry. The story will be unveiled at a private reading by Santa in November, with the children in attendance.
Children in Year Three shared their treasured memories of Christmas in the workshop which was led by a creative writer from Grimm & Co and created a piece of writing all about their own experiences. Children were encouraged to share their own special traditions, as well as discussing what they associated with Christmas, making the tale truly unique.
The short story created by Mike is to be read out by none other than Father Christmas himself on the opening night of Santa’s Grotto at Chill Factore on the November 16, with the schoolchildren in attendance. The Grotto is the only one in the UK on real snow, and is surrounded by twinkling lights, Christmas trees and chattering Santa’s Helpers!
Mike said: “The ideas and stories we’ve had from the schools that have taken part are incredible – truly heart-warming to read! We are very proud of our heritage in the North West and I think it’s really special that our schoolchildren have such treasured experiences of Christmas. I am now in the process of putting all of our magical content together to create the final story, so watch this space!”
