Jamie Crawford: Storyteller

I’M CURRICULUM FRIENDLY!
The National Literacy Strategy recommends that children explore differences and similarities between oral and written storytelling, and learn to retell stories themselves. Storytelling enriches National Curriculum topics, i.e. creation stories, Egyptian and Greek myths, Invaders and Settlers, multicultural themes, religious education, numeracy work. Ideal for arts and book weeks, and to celebrate the festival calendar, e.g. Christmas, Chinese New Year, Divali.

I also have a growing suite of legends and stories (and even the odd song!) from Sussex that are proving very popular. Among the themes covered are saints, dragons, blacksmithing, invaders and settlers.

PERFORMANCES:
For any size group up to whole school, usually 20-60 minutes.

WORKSHOPS:
For small groups (max 30) of junior age. Workshops involve the children hearing, practicing and retelling a traditional story. The form workshops take varies. For example: a 45 minutes session in which a class of children work in pairs to retell a 5 minute story to their peers, with up to half a dozen such sessions in a single day. Or, another example: a whole day for the creation of a storytelling cabaret, performed to a wider audience, with parents and staff involved. Works well for Gifted and Talented.

RATES:
Negotiable, from around £290 per day.

• Equity member
• Society for Storytelling member
• Qualified Primary Teacher
• Enhanced Disclosure Certificate Brighton and Hove Council