Andy Briggs Visits Longcroft School

Write Andy Briggs recently visited Longcroft School and Sixth Form College, inspiring pupils (and their parents) into getting their creative ideas down on paper when he ran a creative ideas workshop! They also all agreed to try reading more.

The children were very complimentary about the visit. Words like 'amazing' and 'inspiring' were bandied around.

Mr Briggs is best-known for his re-working of the Tarzan stories, plus the Hero.com and Villain.net series for Oxford University Press. As a child he did not particularly like reading books, but did enjoy the daring adventures in comics and graphic novels. This, however, led him to read Edgar Rice Burroughs famous Tarzan books, which led to a lifelong passion for those stories. Fulfilling an ambition, he eventually gained official permission from the Rice Burroughs estate to reimagine his hero Tarzan for a new generation.

Alongside the main event, Mr Briggs also had time to be interviewed by a group of Year 9 students who were involved with the BBC School Report.

Mrs Marshall, Longcroft’s Senior Librarian, said: “The whole project was incredibly successful, with every student in Year 7 and 8 taking part, alongside many parents.  Authors regularly visit Longcroft to inspire students and each one does so in their own unique and creative way. Andy Briggs was a sure fire hit with everyone and we’d like to thank him for coming in and making the day so memorable.  I’ve already had to order more copies of his books for our library, as they have been flying off our shelves!”