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Wendy Shearer

Storyteller, Author, Oral Historian

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      • Schools Visited
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Tag: anancy

Wooden staff for Anansi storytelling
October 8, 2014November 8, 2014Anansi, Black History Month Storytelling, Storytelling, Storytelling Workshops

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 […]

October 1, 2014December 4, 2014Anansi, Black History Month Storytelling, KS1 & KS2, Primary Schools, Storytelling, Storytelling Workshops

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 […]

July 20, 2014December 4, 2014Anansi, Folktales, KS1 & KS2, Primary Schools, Storytelling

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 […]

May 31, 2014June 17, 2014Storytelling

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 […]

May 26, 2014June 17, 2014Anansi

Artwork for Anancy the spider man

When I do live, oral storytelling it means that every time I retell a story it is unique.  It is my interpretation […]

May 18, 2014June 17, 2014Storytelling

Storytelling at the Eden Project

During the Jubilee bank holiday weekend we visited Cornwall and stayed in a valley lodge on St. Tinney’s farm.  It’s a beautiful […]

January 31, 2013June 30, 2025Writing stories

The structure of folktales

I was ecstatic to receive a place on a week’s intensive course: Storytelling in Communities’. This was held in Gouda, The Netherlands […]

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