06 June 2026
Junior & Young Writers Week 6: Food for Thought
For this week's foodie-themed workshop, the groups started by writing about their favourite vegetables (or the ones they absolutely despise), using all five senses. Where do they eat it? What makes it their favourite? What does it smell, taste, sound, or feel like?
Potatoes and carrots were by far the most popular choices, with cucumbers also receiving plenty of support.
Next, everyone chose either their original vegetable or a new fruit or vegetable and wrote a poem or the beginning of a story from its point of view. The idea was to start literally and then see where their imagination took them, which led to some wonderfully strange and descriptive stories.
We had a poetic onion reflecting on all the people it had made cry, an ancient potato forgotten beneath the earth for centuries, a potato finally freed from its cupboard prison only to be immediately mashed, and a wonderfully Scottish carrot who escaped captivity and went on to rescue other vegetables.
For our final writing exercise, the groups picked one of the following titles: A Brave Character's Story, The Broccoli Forest, Cabbage Dreams and Onion Tears, Relish a Radish, or Ode to a Potato.
From these prompts came a rhyming poem about a potato's great escape, the story of a wanted vegetable with a reward of fertiliser on its head taking refuge in a broccoli forest, and a lonely, knobbly, bumpy potato recounting its near-death experience.
To finish the session, the groups created entire worlds made from food. There were gravel paths made from grains, carrot gates, valleys filled with garlic cloves, and beans growing like grass. We also discovered Spinach Tower, the Celery Hotel, and a house made entirely of meat, which was 'admittedly, a bad idea'.
The groups came up with brilliantly imaginative ideas, proving that even the humble potato can have quite the adventure.
Archive
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Junior & Young Writers Week 2: African Mythology
Problems, Problems, Problems...
Cautionary Tales & Christmassy Opening Lines
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Junior & Young Writers: Week 5 - Play on Words Pt. 2
Junior & Young Writers: Week 11 - end of term showcase [build a bard workshop]
Junior & Young Writers: Week 10 - Greek Theatre - chorus stories
Junior & Young Writers: Week 9 - Greek Origin Stories - Spring
Rubber Ducks & Writing Festivals
Junior & Young Writers: Week 7 - Greek Hero Stories [the 12 labours of Hercules]
Junior & Young Writers: Week 12 [Wild Words] - Stuff & Things
Junior & Young Writers: Week 11 [Wild Words] - World Building 2
Junior & Young Writers: Week 10 [Wild Words] - World Building
Junior & Young Writers: Week 9 [Wild Words] - Mystery & Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior & Young Writers: Week 8 [Wild Words] - Spooky Sequels & Potion Poems
Junior & Young Writers – Week 10 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Final Showcase
Junior & Young Writers – Week 9 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Editing & Performance Tips
Junior & Young Writers – Week 8 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Cuteness
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Junior & Young Writers – Week 7 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Natural Solutions
Junior & Young Writers – Week 6 (Writers’ Inspiration) – The Language of Fruit and Veg
Junior & Young Writers – Week 5 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Adventures In Space
Tinklebobs and Bedraggled Angles
Junior & Young Writers – Week 4 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Our Environment
Fortune Tellers & Future Letters
Junior & Young Writers – Week 3 (Writers’ Inspiration) – Home
Young Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Junior Writers - Week 10 (The Art of Writing) – Final Week Showcase
Young Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Junior Writers – Week 9 (The Art of Writing) – Choose Your Own Adventure
Young Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Junior Writers – Week 8 (The Art of Writing) – Sequel Stories
Young Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Junior Writers – Week 7 (The Art of Writing) – Picture Prompts
Young Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers - Week 6 (The Art of Writing) - Script-writing & Dialogue
Junior Writers – Week 5 (The Art of Writing) – Poetry
Young Writers - Week 5 (The Art of Writing) - Poetry Potions
Edward The Martyr - A Competition!
Mood Boards and Postcards from Space
Young Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Junior Writers - Week 3 (The Art of Writing) - PLOT
Moomin Stories and Hollywood Pitches
Young Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Junior Writers - Week 2 (The Art of Writing) - Genre & Setting
Prompts, Dialogues, and Cliché
Story Structure Part One: Exposition and Beyond...
Young Writers - Week 1 (The Art of Writing) - Character
Young Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
Junior Writers - week 4 - Nature Writing [animals & wildlife]
Young Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
Junior Writers - week 3 - Nature Writing [trees/plants/flowers]
Young Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
Junior Writers - week 2 - 'fractured fairy tales'
