Fairy Tales at Quainton Hall School
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Primary Schools
Read about the latest storytelling & storytelling workshops for KS1 & KS2 that Wendy Shearer from Story Boat runs in Primary Schools.
National Storytelling Week 2020
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Trafalgar Junior School in Twickenham invited Wendy to take part in their 10th Annual Storytelling Festival during National Storytelling Week. In previous years, renowned storytellers Taffy Thomas, MBE, and Sally Pomme Clayton have also visited their school, sharing stories with the entire school and being one of the judges for their Storytelling competition. Wendy was […]
A Festival of Stories at Grazebrook Primary
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A wonderful day of storytelling with Nursery classes right through to Year 4 for Grazebrook Primary School’s Festival of Reading and Stories.
Black History Month in Schools
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Storytelling at James Hatcham School
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Pupils turning apples and money to gold like King Midas
Harris Primary Academy
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Pupils sharing their favourite part of the story with Wendy
Techniques for storytelling with children
Posted onCrowd control I have always loved storytelling and creating stories with children. Their unpredictability and blunt but honest reactions. I enjoy all of that and most of all, the opportunity to encourage them to let their imaginations run riot. Whatever the age or the setting there are going to be times when you have to […]
Storytelling techniques in the classroom
Posted onInnovate My School ideas I found out about ‘Innovate My School’ on Twitter. They share and inspire innovative ideas in the education sector with their huge online community and events. I’m really passionate about inspiring the next generation of readers, writers and storytellers in creative and collaborative ways. As I spend quite a bit of […]
World Book Day 2016
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Stories stories stories I absolutely love World Book Day celebrations. Yes it’s for the children BUT we adults get a free pass to dress up (if we wish) and obsess about our favourite stories, characters and authors. To be honest I do that quite a lot as a storyteller anyway but WBD 2016 is a […]
Storytelling and literacy
Posted onStorytelling in schools Most of my storytelling time is spent in schools. Teachers invite me to come along and join in celebrations for Book Week, National Storytelling Week, World Book Day, Chinese New Year, Black History Month, International Week and many more. Supporting literacy My aims are usually to inspire children with the pleasure […]