Summer
stories
Stories
in school
and
other excitements
with
Creeping Toad,
Summer
2016
celebrating
the richness of the season, here are stories,
sculptures, flags, 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.
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| a small story-house |
Drawing on 30 years of professional
experience, my 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
Tour dates:
April 25th - May 6th
September
5th - 16th
Dates for England & Wales:
just about any other time - I tend to plan trips as bookings come in
These notes are written for schools. if you have a community grouup or fancy a public event these might give you a guide to what wee might do but talk to me about your specific situation...
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| a group telling their own stories, Woodland Trust 2015 |
In school
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!
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| headfulls and handfuls of river animals |
puppets
and headfulls 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
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| make your own book |
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
Ancient
Lives:
a wider historical perspective could be involved, by adding a
voice from the distant past to your history topics with stories that our Stone,
Bronze or Iron Age ancestors might have listened to. Stories, models, artefacts
and drawings can feed into art inspired by cave paintings, carvings and
jewellery
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
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| an African selection |
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 and to book
contact Gordon directly at
or
by telephone:
landline:
01298 77964
mobile:
07791 096857
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| release the storytelling pirates! |
