A one-day workshop focusing on the themes of transition, moving forwards with excitement and looking back with affection.

The vehicle is an old African tale, Ogalussa, which explores the concepts of memory, change, loss and transition. The story serves as a focus and as a framework for pupils to creatively and actively learn from the past and imagine and plan for their best future

Children will :
Listen to stories and think about the qualities and attributes they have that are like the characters.
Learn how to imagine what they want and plan how to get there using a story map
Make a memory stick from the past and the future
Create resources to take with them on their journey

An hour workshop in which children listen to and join in with magical wonder tales interspersed with song and music.

We focus on beginning, middle and end and practice skills of sequencing and prediction. 

'Brilliant use of props! Captured all the children’s imaginations. Alison was very fun and enjoyable to listen to and to watch! Thank you'.

Selina Moore 
Albemarle School

Forest Stories and Sky Stories
 A one-day programme (three one-hour slots) working with one class per hour. Engaging, funny, insightful and magical tales from around the world told with passion and wonder. Children are captivated from the beginning to the end. 

Links to the Curriculum
• Communication, Language and Literacy
• Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Creative Development
• Personal, Social and Emotional Development

'Very engaging manner - all children included and listening. Good range of activities to get children involved in stories. Nice range of stories longer and shorter. Balance of physical activities and teaching about the process of storytelling. Great props! Children were fully engaged throughout. All enjoyed it and learned a lot'.

Lucy Tubbs
Sir James Barrie Primary School
 

Forest and Sky Stories
A two-hour programme working with one class. Children listen to stories and are also given practical activities to explore the techniques of the storyteller: gesture, visualisation, rhythm, pace, narrative and descriptive language.

Transitions (Year 6)
A one-day workshop for the summer term focussing on the themes of transition, moving forwards with excitement and looking back with affection. The vehicle is an old African tale, Ogalussa, which explores the concepts of memory, change, loss and transition. The story serves as a focus and as a framework for pupils to safely explore their fears and anticipations of leaving this school and going on to the next.
 
Second World War (Year 5/6)
A two hour participatory programme about the experience of a young girl, Jean, who has been evacuated to Filey in North Yorkshire. Pupils take part as fellow evacuees who meet a German prisoner of war who, like them, would also like to go home to his family. Pupils share in Jean’s ups and downs as she navigates through life away from home. They help her decide what to do about the escaped German prisoner…… Pupils explore the concepts of enemy/friend and right/wrong. They are asked to make difficult judgements whilst emotionally involved and perhaps gain insight into the complexity of relationships in wartime.  

This is a one day workshop in which older pupils (year 5) work with younger pupils (year 2). Together they listen to Tall and Short Tales, Magical and Mystical Myths and Simply Silly Stories. They learn about rhythm, repetition, gesture and visualisation. The older pupils take on the role of facilitator for the younger pupils, developing their skills of questioning, thinking, clarifying, understanding, negotiation and cooperation. Together they use the skills they have been working on to create and tell their own stories.  

• An intensive one-day workshop on the techniques of Storytelling
• Captivate your class with tales of adventure and magic, wisdom and wonder
• Inspire your pupils and fire up their imaginations
• Communicate more effectively
• Make the most of the range and register of your voice
• Develop an improved awareness of body language
• Develop your personal Storytelling style to engage your class
• Surprise yourself with your own creativity 

A series of two-hour workshops over six weeks to raise standards and improve literacy achievement. Using traditional fairy tales, myths and legends these workshops include practical activities to develop:
 
Speaking and listening: body language, eye contact, pace, rhythm, confidence
Visualisation techniques: picture making, descriptive language, image making
Story making and improvisation: beginnings and endings, repetition, alliteration