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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
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    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  10. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  11. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  12. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  13. Sue's presentation
    11:34
    Sue's presentation
  14. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  15. McLean Primary eco projects
    02:44
    McLean Primary eco projects
  16. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  17. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  18. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
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