The Storytelling Project

The Storytelling Project is a Trust-wide training programme for all Year 4 teachers - working with Dr Lisa Stephenson from Leeds Beckett University and a selection of artist practitioners from ‘The Story Makers Company’. The project focuses on building narratives to contextualise the factual knowledge being taught to children.

The aims of the project are:

To support delivery of effective arts-based learning
To equip teachers with a creative pedagogical tool kit to use in the primary classroom
To embed curriculum learning through the arts (drama)
To develop oracy and communication skills in children
To promote an effective partnership between schools and artist practitioners through co-planning, coaching and workshop sessions

Following on from this project, we will be cascading our approach throughout all of our academies to further highlight the transformative potential of story-based worldbuilding as a pedagogical approach to enhance social-emotional growth, language development, and critical thinking amongst pupils.

You can read all about our project from our report or from the latest Laurel Trust newsletter here.