Today I visited East Taieri School with ReadNZ’s Writers in Schools programme. It was my first school visit since lockdown and I was worried I might be a bit rusty but the staff and pupils at East Taieri were so kind and welcoming that I soon got back in the swing of things.
![](https://h63a27.n3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3707-1024x768.jpg)
We created brand new stories for Mean Cat inspired by Dave Pigeon and I loved hearing how Mean Cat demolished a city, landed in a pool of baked beans and tripped over the world’s smallest worm amongst many, many other brilliant ideas.
![](https://h63a27.n3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3710-768x1024.jpg)
![](https://h63a27.n3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3734-1024x768.jpg)
Thank you so much to the staff and pupils at East Taieri for being so pigeontastic.