JANE ELSON - How To Fly With Broken Wings
Wed 01 Feb
|School Visit
It’s the 82nd anniversary of The Battle of Britain! learn all about the female spitfire pilots of the ATA and the brave soldiers who flew into battle. Then join a Top-Secret Spitfire Club where Jane will share her writing journey. AGES 7+
Time & Location
01 Feb 2023, 10:00 – 10:45
School Visit
About the Artists & Speakers
It’s the 77th anniversary of The Battle of Britain! Welcome to this interactive event – prepare to be transported from the modern day back to the 1940’s. Starting with a dramatic reading with audience participation, the audience will meet:
Twelve-year-old Willem Edward Smith who has Asperger’s Syndrome and two main aims in
life: to fly and to make at least two friends of his own age. But he is being bullied by Finn
Mason’s gang. Thirteen-year-old Sasha Barton. Will she find the strength to step away from Finn and his
gang and reach out to become Willem’s first friend?
The audience will explore unlikely friendships, autism and bullying as seen through Sasha’s eyes.