Christine Willison ~ storytelling in schools
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pre-school to teens
special needs teachers’ and
parents’ workshops boosting visualisation skills INCREASING
VOCABULARY informing creative writing
skills learning
about science and maths songs increasing learning
confidence history and geography through story living history life skills
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Dewi Rhys
Dewi Rhys was a shepherd. He lived in a small cottage on the edge of
the wood with his lovely wife and beautiful baby daughter. He was very
happy, he loved his wife and baby very much. They were poor but it was
an honest living and they managed.
On the day of our story, Dewi woke up especially early, one of his ewes
was about to lamb and he wanted to be on hand to look after her. He cut
himself two thick slices of the bread his wife had baked the day
before, took a knife, spread the bread with dripping from the basin,
put the two slices of bread together, wrapped them in a clean cloth and
put them in his pocket. He filled a stone bottle with water, kissed his
wife, gently pinched the baby’s cheek – it made her
laugh
– and set off for his days work. And as he walked to the
forest he saw something very strange on the path in front of him. |
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Ø Christine
tells stories in schools all over the world. She demonstrates
how the
whole curriculum can be delivered and supported through stories -
colours, counting,
visualisation skills, creative writing, science, maths and much more.
She has experience in pre school playgroups, nurseries, kindergarten as
well as in special schools working with people of all ages with special
learning needs, disabilities and sensory impairment.
Christine
likes to work with class-size groups, preferably
in the classroom, where young people feel secure and where she can
leave some notes with the class teacher as resources for further work.
The length of sessions
varies depending on the age and ability of the group. Small people in
playgroups and reception classes usually maintain
attention for a maximum of half an hour. Older children can
happily
participate for an hour or more. It is important that the class teacher
and any classroom assistants are present at these sessions, to enable
follow up work, which can include visual
art, oral presentations and creative
writing.
Christine
travels all over the world from her home in Wales, sharing stories and
encouraging new young storytellers. She recently toured schools in
metropolitan Brisbane for the Arts Council of Queensland (Australia),
was resident at the Zurich International School in Switzerland, and is
spending part of 2007 touring schools in Victoria (Australia).
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