I called in today to say hello to Dominic and Year 3 at the start of their project, and it was soon very clear from the atmosphere in the room that something special was happening.
This is Dominic's report...
followed by the school's own blog.
followed by the school's own blog.
"Today the storytelling project kicked off with me telling the children five fun traditional folk tales from around the world. They were a fantastic audience, enjoying the stories hugely. We talked about how these stories are found in different versions in many different places, and that they change over time. These sorts of tales almost demand to be played with, the storyteller adapting the story to themselves and their fancies until it is really theirs, and a new version is born – the same and yet quite different.
I introduced the questions: “What if these stories happened in Ulverston? What would they be like then? Where in the town would they happen?”
The central theme of the project is to explore Ulverston through storytelling. Yet until this moment there was no way of knowing if this approach to the stories (‘Ulverstoning’ them!) would be interest the pupils or not. But the idea was greeted with smiles, widened eyes and ‘ooooohs’. They are definitely up for the challenge and the fun of it!
The children are working on stories in groups, and have chosen which of my folktales they would like to work with. Tomorrow we embark together on the journey of getting to know the tales and adapting them before we prepare to tell them in front of live audiences next month…"
https://sjbprimaryblog.com/2018/06/21/story-telling/
https://sjbprimaryblog.com/2018/06/21/story-telling/
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