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RNLC – EYFS/KS1 Learning Network.
Wednesday 21st Oct 2009
Our meeting provided us with an excellent opportunity to meet with teachers and to be inspired with ways to bring creativity into the classroom through drama and story telling activities.
I am in the process of looking for some interesting looking bags which I can fill with ‘characters’, ‘places’ and ‘objects’ to enhance my ability to tell stories with the help of the children in my Reception class. This is a job for the half term holiday! Next term the plan is to model a story session to the teachers within my phase (in the way that Daniele did). This will (hopefully) encourage them to stimulate the children and in turn develop their speaking and listening skills.
I am excited about the question that has been put forward for us to research and feel that we (and the children in our schools) will all benefit from the findings.
Here are some photographs taken from an activity that was inspired from the meeting at Discover. The children played a key role in telling the story of ‘The 3 Little Pigs’. They made masks in preparation beforehand. I had a narrator (wearing a story telling hat) who told the story. I chose characters to act out the story and had model straw, stick and brick houses. The children all joined in with the repetitive phrases and individuals commented throughout the whole session. The Head teacher observed the lesson and particularly enjoyed the way that the children were taking responsibility for their own learning. This session was much more memorable that reading the story from a big book. As part of a follow up, children made their own masks in the outdoor area and retold their own stories.
Serena Mereu
