As The Detention Detectives is middle grade, Lis’s school visits are primarily designed for students at KS2 and KS3, ideally Y5 – 8.
A range of offerings are listed below with prices. Do use the contact form to request a school visit.
All visits will need to be made on a Thursday, because of Lis’s part time job as a school librarian.
Assembly presentation
“I give a talk with professionally-produced slides about my journey to publication and why I write murder mysteries, including an interactive audience activity. This can last between 45 mins – 1 hour plus 15-20 min of pupil questions, depending on your own timetable.
“There is no maximum audience size. I will need a big screen and laptop.
“This can be followed by a signing session (book pre-orders can be arranged with myself or local bookshops in advance of the visit).”
Workshops
“Each workshop will cater for up to 25 students aged 9-12. I will need a whiteboard/screen and laptop for slides.
“I can offer 55 minute workshops on the theme ‘Writing a short detective story’ with custom worksheets and a slide presentation.”
Fees
£150 for one session + expenses
£280 for two + expenses
£400 for three + expenses
£450 for four + expenses
Lis will charge mileage of 45p/mile if your school is outside Cheshire, UK.
Testimonials
Emma Baber, year 6 Class Teacher, The Mead School:
‘The children really enjoyed listening to Lis read her extract and loved finding out which type of detective they were!’
The Chiltern Bookshops schools team:
‘School visits with Lis are always tremendous fun! Her passion for being both a reader and a writer shines through and her engaging presentation style really brings The Detention Detectives to life. The children especially enjoyed finding out what type of detective they were, as well as getting the opportunity to meet Lis and have their books signed’.
A. Allcock, Literacy Lead at a Crewe Secondary School:
‘I thought the workshop was very powerful. A lot of our students struggle to think imaginatively but with [Lis’s] support were able to come up with ideas that I don’t feel they would have felt confident to explore in a ‘normal’ lesson.’
I thought your talk was excellent! It was a very honest approach to being an author and covered all aspects of the process of writing and getting published.
J. Clemson, School Librarian, Warrington:
Your presentation was brilliant and the Powerpoint slides really engaged the students. I felt that this was evident in the number of students that asked questions at the end of the talk. The worksheets that you produced for the workshops worked really well too and made writing stories more manageable for students.
Lis Jardine 