Structure of the Day
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We work with students in their usual classes or school hall.
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Sessions are 50 - 90 minutes for KS2.
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We can work with up to five KS2 classes in a day.
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To work with fewer classes, we can visit for just an afternoon or morning session.
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To work with more than six classes we can visit across multiple days.
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We will send you a suggested timetable when you enquire, and we can work with you to create a timetable that works for your school day.
Workshop Content
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Exploration of popular books, traditional tales and fairytales first-hand, by embodying the characters and reimagining the story's world.
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Use drama exercises and activities to imagine and explore the characters, context and topics from new angles.
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Recount stories and explore characterisations - movement and emotions and intentions.
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Experience the story with the facilitator in-role as one of the characters and recreate parts of the story.
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Discuss and debate the decisions of the characters.
Learning Objectives
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To think critically about the story by experiencing it first-hand.
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To expand vocabulary and develop a stronger command of spoken English.
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To develop creative ownership and the imagination.
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To explore different ways of communicating, both verbally and physically.
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To inspire confidence to share and write creatively.
Story Maker: Creative Writing
Ms Amasser is a collector. But not just any collector. Ms Amasser is a collector of stories. For 50 years, she has travelled the world on her motorbike, with her battered little suitcase in a sidecar, collecting weird and wonderful tales from the people she has met along the way. These have been stories of adventure, horror, love; stories that make you laugh so much you cry, and some that make you cry so much you end up laughing!
On her last trip around the world she discovered something very sad - that grown ups have stopped telling stories! They all say that they are too busy for adventures, even though most of them just seem to spend their time looking at their phones.
Ms Amasser has decided to take action! She needs to find a new generation of storytellers and so has gathered you here to teach you the art of creating brilliant stories.
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In this fabulously fun workshop, students are encouraged to invent and explore. They are led through a series of games and activities to help them to generate ideas, build on them and inspired to get them down onto the page.
Workshops are tailored to each year's group and can be focused on a particular theme of your choice. Get in touch to find out more.