Jude Lennon

Experience

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  St. Helen's Catholic Primary Walthamstow

  Sept 2006 - Aug 2010

  Head of EarlyYears
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  Primary School

  Sept 2010 - Jan 2014

  Head of Early Years
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  The Reader Org

  Jan 2014 - Sept 2016

  Volunteer

  I volunteer on Saturday mornings with a session that encourages children aged 5-11 to read for pleasure. Enjoying stories, books and poems is essential for children to become confident and fluent readers. The sessions are fun, engaging and also offer craft activities that are linked to the books we have been reading.

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  Little Lamb Tales

  Mar 2014 - now

  I was a teacher who loved writing, now I'm an author who loves storytelling. During my 18 year career as an Early Years and KS1 teacher, I was constantly writing stories, poems, jingles and Christmas plays for the children in my classes. But it was only around 2010 that I started to explore the idea of actually putting those stories into books. Winning the Disney Winnie the Pooh Laureate for the North West competition in 2014 gave me the confidence to believe in myself as a writer and following that, I published my first book The Dragon of Allerton Oak in 2015.Since then, I've published or contributed to more than 20 books covering a range of topics and genres including picture books and chapter books for children and short stories and a novel for adults.I am Patron of Reading and love spending time in schools providing a range of services including - Author Talks for Nursery to Year 6Storytelling sessions for Nursery to Year 6Creative Writing Sessions for Y1 to Year 6.I'm passionate about books, reading, words and stories and encouraging children to feel the same. Show less Jude offers the following services to schools, festivals and community events* Storytelling, bespoke to each class/event based on a topic chosen by the school or event.* Author visits* Staff training for Primary schools in the areas of Phonics, Early Reading and Early Writing* Drama workshops for Primary schools* Creative Writing courses for adults with an interest in writing for children* Validated Learning Destination for Children's University. All activities can earn at least one credit for children's passports.Jude and Lamby have received fantastic testimonials from schools and community events which can be read on the website www.littlelambpublishing.co.uk Please get in touch via the website for information or email Jude at littlelambphonics@gmail.com Jude is the current Disney Winnie the Pooh Laureate for the North West. She has published severa; children's books including* The Dragon of Allerton Oak * The Toffee Lady - a special commission for Everton Football Club Jude's * Making Phonics f-u-n available from Amazon* Astronaut Lamby available from Amazon* Glad To Be Dan available from Amazon from September 10th* Am I Nearly There Yet - a bilingual picture book (English and Spanish) available from Amazon from September 28th* Super Bob a special commission for The Slow Down For Bobby Trust available directly from the trust facebook.com/littlelambtales facebook.com/JudeLennonAuthor Show less

  • Book Author and Storyteller

    Mar 2014 - now

  • OWNER of Little Lamb Tales, Freelance storyteller & children's writer. Learning Destination

    Mar 2014 - now
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  Liverpool Literacy Cycle

  Jan 2020 - now

  Core Group Member

  In 2019, Cllr Barbara Murray founded the Liverpool Literacy Cycle to promote, encourage and develop reading skills across the city of Liverpool. This evolved into the Liverpool Literacy Cycle which covers the Liverpool City Region. Reading, Writing and Spoken Word each have a year of focus in rotation.The Cycle aims to host a range of events across the city as well as showcasing the vast array of work already going on these areas.I'm part of the core planning group and meet twice a month. Show less

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  Split Perspectivz CIC Builder Book project

  Feb 2020 - now

  Co Director

  I'm an author, storyteller and educator. I work within the Primary Sector, EYFS settings and community groups to deliver author talks, storytelling and creative writing sessions. Along with my business partner Natalie Reeves Billing, I also provide interactive den building workshops with Builder Book alongside themed creativity and literacy boxes. To date Builder Book has created, made and distributed around 20,000 boxes to children and families across the Liverpool area. Our boxes have had the themes of creativity, child mental health and Eurovision. Our next box will be themed around Sustainable Cities. Show less