"... Robin the Storyteller... has been the highlight of our Traditional Tales week..."

Through the telling, re-telling and hearing of stories learners have many opportunities to develop their own skills of storytelling, storymaking and story-writing...

for example...

• Explore sequences and exciting ways to create atmospheres through music, voice, movement and image
• Use historical and geographical sources and settings to add realism to stories
• Extend the experience through prediction of outcomes, character development, the exploration of common themes and what 'traditional' actually means
• Participate in workshops... plotting stories, developing contexts, genre and more
• Enrich their understanding and experience of narrative development and progression through ...

...Traditional Tales

Workshop activities:

Completion of unfinished tales
Identifying characters from hidden clues
Creating characters
Using Magic in stories
Strange creatures

Stories include:

Common tales :
Rapunzel, Cindrerella, Red Riding Hood etc...

Uncommon Tales :
The Bear, John Haworth and the Feorins (Lancashire Faries)

Original compositions : Iga's Eyes, Natalie the Ugly Princess