WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
Supporting Oracy in Primary Schools
A listening and participatory approach
Encouraging love of stories and confidence in the power of ideas
“The children loved the Skylarkers storytelling workshop. It was warm, engaging and creative. The children were totally mesmerised by the storytelling, actions and exciting use of vocabulary. Every child’s contribution was valued and everyone was made to feel important. The storytelling machine is simply magical and really drew out our children’s creativity and confidence.”
The StoryExplorers supports learning across all areas of the curriculum.
Our workshops provide a motivating and exciting context for children to develop their abilities.
Creating an inclusive environment
Actively engaging children in developing their oracy skills
Empowering childen with confidence as authors
Encouraging collaborative relationships
Developing children’s capacity as ‘possibility thinkers’
Supporting active listening
Nurturing empathy
Extending literacy skills and coherent narratives
Our approach is informed and inspired by the work of Vivian Gussin-Paley.
“Children are born knowing how to put every thought and feeling into story form. If they worry about being lost, they become the parents who search......Any approach to language and thought that eliminates dramatic play ..ignores the greatest incentive to the creative process.”
“Once children are helped to perceive themselves as authors and
inventors, once they are helped to discover the pleasures of inquiry, their
motivation and interest explode. ”