This week I visited Abbey Ravenscroft Park Nursing home for a spot of performance storytelling. My audience included a lovely lady who had just turned 100 years old! I’d rehearsed a couple of Swedish folk tales. One of them was called the ‘Troll Ride’ about Pedar Lars, a poor farmer’s boy journeying to propose […]
Encouraging children to read Today is national Literacy Day. Dismal statistics have been announced where 45% of white working class children are leaving primary without being able read very well. The National Literacy Trust along with a coalition of charities, teachers, parents and businesses, have launched a campaign ‘Read on. Get On’. As part of Literacy Day, they are […]