Meet the author: Matt Oldfield


We welcomed author Matt Oldfield to a Taddington today. He has written between 60 and 70 books which are mostly about football. 



His passion and knowledge is about football, which is why he writes about it. He invited the children to share what they are passionate about, encouraging  them to use that as inspiration for their writing. 



Matt explained the process of writing a book. 

Back in the classroom, we had a writers’ workshop. We started by gathering a list of superstar facts. After that, we chose our ultimate hero moments, describing the setting - atmosphere, weather, sights and sounds; our ultimate hero moment ; and emotion - positive emotion and how we celebrated. 

It was brilliant to see how inspired and motivated the children were to write and share their stories. Maybe we have some future authors in our school community. Watch this space!




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