Summer stories
Stories in school
and other
excitements
with Creeping
Toad
celebrating
the richness of the changing year, here are stories, sculptures, prehistoric
adventures, occasional Vikings, books
and boggarts
With stories spinning from the first signs of spring right through
to earth giants, summer flowers and thunder-tigers, here are stories and
activities to enchant and inspire.
Drawing on 30 years of professional
experience, Gordon’s work blends environmental experience with creativity. “Much
of my work uses storytelling and story making but I also make small masks,
giant masks, flags, lanterns, pop-up landscapes and create wild and wonderful
occasions”
Scottish tours:
This year, I will be up in northern Scotland:
8 – 19th
May 2017 SOLD OUT!
4 – 15th
September 2017For other possible dates, drop me an email. For dates in England and wales, just get in touch and we'll see what we can do! Only Irish dates at the moment are late April and the Environmental Education Ireland gathering then
A day’s visit to your school might include:
storytelling
performances: lasting up to 60 minutes for up to 90 children
at a time
stories
out of anything! outdoors or
in, we'll use leaves and pine cones, twigs and stones and shells to inspire words, create poems and
shape a set of stories never told before
(allow 60
minutes for a class session)
New workshop!
puppets and headfuls of animals: like the illustration, we can make quick finger puppet animals or
magnificent animal crowns. Allow an hour and a half for a class
New workshop!
Heroes for stories: building characters - as quick puppets and as written pieces:
capturing the qualities of our characters for stories: their ambitions,
triumphs, disasters and secrets - skills for a richer tale
Stone Age Days: with
stories to set the scene, we’ll look at the worlds of our ancestors with flint
tools, bone needles, wooden bowls, fur and feathers. Usually half a day for a class. Ask
for more details
story and book workshops: taking a bit longer (allow 90 minutes for a class) as well as
discovering those stories no-one has ever heard before, now we will build those
into the books that no-one has ever read before and leave the classroom with a
library no-one has ever visited before!
pop-up storyscapes: allow an hour for a class: gathering ideas, images and words we’ll make quick 3-d
landscapes holding the essence of a story in a setting, key characters and the
words that set the adventure running
tales of old Scotland: a collection of stories of Highland folklore and Scottish
histories, of heroes and sorrows, bravery and the magics of sea, mountain and
moor. These can be steered in various directions and we might listen to stories
from Viking days or medieval and Stuart stories and even add some Scottish
explorers and their adventures and disasters…
your own themes and ideas: or are you exploring a particular
theme that you would like to involve some stories in? In recent projects
we have also made talking stone puppets, a giant eagle to hang from a classroom
ceiling, prehistoric rockpools, a swarm of shadow dragons, pop-up castles
Charges:
£250 a day: includes storyteller’s fee, travel and
materials. Can be paid on the day or I can invoice you.
Activities can be
adapted to suit groups from P1 through to Secondary
For
further information: visit the Creeping Toad website at
To book: contact Gordon directly at
creepingtoad@btinternet.com
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