Black History Month stories
Today I spent time with a Year 5 class at Campsbourne Junior School to run an oral storytelling workshop. I’d prepared Black History […]
Author: Wendy Shearer
Storytelling at Campsbourne School
To celebrate Black History Month, I was asked to do storytelling at Campsbourne school. Their Literacy Coordinator asked me to run oral […]
Swedish folk tales
This week I visited Abbey Ravenscroft Park Nursing home for a spot of performance storytelling. My audience included a lovely lady […]
Literacy Day
Encouraging children to read Today is national Literacy Day. Dismal statistics have been announced where 45% of white working class children are […]
Developing your literacy curriculum 2014
Oral storytelling and the literacy curriculum 2014 Teachers are making plans for their literacy curriculum 2014. A few teachers including assistant Head […]
Storytelling at Muswell Hill Primary school
Story Boat sailed all the way to Muswell Hill Primary school just before the end of the summer term. I had a wonderful […]
Midsummer mayhem in New York
On the hottest day of the year, I was invited to read one of my short stories for a Haringey Literature Live […]
Storytelling masterclass
It was my first storytelling masterclass, run by award winning storyteller Jan Blake at the wonderful venue Book and Kitchen on ‘All Saints Road’. […]
Life writing in fiction stories
I love re-telling and collecting stories, yet I’ve not made much time to write my own story until now. I recently attended a […]
Storytelling @ Karamel Kids
Spent this morning at the Karamel Restaurant watching Mike Dodworth the storyteller. It was a morning of storytelling for kids. It’s a lovely arts […]