Tag: Aberdeen Storytelling

Stonehaven Folk Festival – this weekend!

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Here’s the full listing of what’s on this coming weekend at the Stonehaven Folk Festival! (PDF version can be found here if you’re struggling to read the image below – https://www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk/…/Whats-On…

Come to some storytelling sessions!

I’ll be on the The Stoney Rickshaw with Charlie Rickshaw and probably Fizzy the Fairy in tow from 7 to 8pm along the board walk and doon at the harbour – free! 😃

I’ll be running the Singing for Kids Workshop at the community centre, 10.30 to 11.30 on Saturday morning – only £1 per participant!

And that session will be followed by Stories For Kids – also only £1 per participant 😃

And 9 to 10pm I’ll be doing bawdy and scary tales for Adults in the 65 club – this event is also FREE! (and for adults only)

Do come along and jine in! 😃

A table showing the different workshops and sessions at this year's Stonehaven Folk Festival.

Home from Glastonbury!

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Well that’s been an exhausting but fantastic trip away to #GlastonburyFestival where I was just one of the fantastic storytellers telling tales in the #kidzfield and #greenfutures Field!

Loads of photos to come once I’ve got the umpteen loads of washing done 😉

In the meantime here’s a wee post about what’s coming up, and a photo of the Kidz Field opening from Duck In A Dress !

In about half an hour I’m heading off to North East Sensory Services to tell some local tales!

Tomorrow I have my last visit to Turriff Academy as part of my Scottish Book Trust #liveliterature residency! 🙁

On Thursday evening I’ll be helping some local Rainbows with their Storytelling Badge

And Friday, Saturday and Sunday is the Stonehaven Folk Festival! Another post on that to come 😃

Come along for a story!

A photo of Pauline surrounded by colourful entertainers at the opening of the Kidz Field at this year's Glastonbury Festival. She is holding Fairy Puppet, Fizzy the Fairy who is greeting everyone coming in.

STORY CREATION WORKSHOPS AT GILCOMSTOUN PRIMARY SCHOOL

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Here are some photos from my story creation project with Gilcomstoun Primary School. Primaries 1 – 7 and I created 6 stories about their learner dispositions – Bravery, Collaboration, Creativity, Determination, Motivation and Independence. What a wonderfully creative bunch!!

Class after class I was impressed by the pupils energy, creativeness and fun 😁

Their stories included – a brave cook, a mystical bracelet, a kraken on top of Marischal College, neolithic farming, a poisonous platypus, and of course an alien toddler saving the day!

The pupils will be drawing the (super) heroes from their stories and I can’t wait to see them. Thanks all at Gilcomstoun Primary for such a wonderful story creation experience! 😃

If your school has learner characteristics/dispositions and you’d like your pupils to work with a storyteller to create some stories – please contact me. Details in the “contacts” page

(Images are from the Gilcomstoun Primary Twitter Page.)

What’s going on?

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I have been a very silent Storyteller on the socials this last wee while!

But silence doesn’t mean I’ve been sleeping. (Definitely not. I’ve been told by the small that I tell stories in my sleep)

Instead I’ve been busy closing out/working on a few projects – such as the fantastic story creation sessions at Gilcomstoun Primary School, my #liveliterature residency at Turriff Academy … and of course preparing for the Summer’s festivals!

I’ve got 3 big new stories (not just wee stories, big stories) for my sessions at the Green Futures Field and Kidz Field at Glastonbury and already I’m looking at new stories for Halloween.

Busy busy indeed! 😃

Turriff Academy Live Literature Residency – Bothy Ballads

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We’ve had some brilliant work from the S2 Students at Turriff Academy of late!

I asked them to write a “Bothy Ballad” based on their own lives. You can read them at our blog for the Turriff Academy #LiveLiterature Residency here – https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/as/turriffacademyliveliterature/

My friend Natalie Chalmers, a bothy ballad singer, was up at the weekend and had a read over what we’ve had from the pupils so far. She recorded a wee message for the pupils which you can view here – 🙂

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A Story and a Craft at HANDSS

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My Wee Imp and I joined our friends at HANDSS yesterday evening for a story and a craft!

I told the tale of an Armenian woman (a total hero who is a teacher and a weaver) who refuses to marry a prince unless he “gets a real job” – he becomes a weaver and that ends up saving his life. The story was followed up by a wee bit of simple weaving.

Here are some photos courtesy of HANDSS.

Turriff Academy True Stories

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It’s a snow day today, so no Live Literature visit to Turriff Academy for me today

Instead I’ve been reading over the fantastic work done by the two S2 classes!

One of the homework tasks they’ve been set is to go off and speak to family member or friend to find out some of their own stories.

Pupils asked questions like “What’s the naughtiest thing you did as a child?”

“What was school like when you were younger?”

“Do you have any stories of petty revenge?

“What news story do you particularly remember?”

We’ve had some amazing responses which will be posted on the S2′ Live Literature Residency Blog which you can find here – blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/turriffacademyliveliterature/

A photo of some of the handwritten stories submitted by S2 pupils at Turriff Academy