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Story-Go-Round

Photograph of a child with a story card pageIn January 2007 we ran a pilot project, designed to spread multi-sensory storytelling into libraries; we had no idea it would be such a huge success!

In those four weeks in the Eastern Counties, we trained more library staff to tell multi-sensory stories than in the whole of the previous year.

Seeing this amazing interest, we launched a series of regional Tours under the "Story-Go-Round" banner.

We aim to "leave a community legacy" of multi-sensory storytelling; library staff will be trained, local special schools will be paired with their libraries and story-packs will be provided.

The Tours are not the end of Story-Go-Round: we will provide ongoing resources and advice to local community organisations as they continue to offer multi-sensory storytelling.

If your library, special school or other service to school-age children with SLD/PMLD would like to be more involved in storytelling for youngsters with profound special needs, e-mail us now.

"Just to let you know that I've had six sessions with PMLD children aged between 5-13 over the summer at stay and play style sessions set up specially for them here in Rochdale. The response was absolutely brilliant, both from the staff, who are excited about the prospect of more sessions and will be looking to see if they can have Bag Books at their schools, but most importantly from the children.

"I can't remember when I've had more personally rewarding story sessions. To see the smiles and the looks of anticipation on the children's faces as the next part of the story came along was an experience not to be missed. Staff commented on how long the children stayed settled to participate in these stories, some who would not settle at all usually."

Ray Stearn
Children's Services Manager
Wheatsheaf Library
Rochdale

Table of all tours to date
Download Tour Report Tour Start Date Number of Libraries Visited Number of children attending Number of people trained
Northern Ireland 0.9Mb Feb 2011
10
207
89
Scotland 0.4Mb Sep 2010
22
374
264
East Midlands 0.3Mb Feb 2010
23
364
239
West Midlands 0.3Mb Oct 2009
15
334
123
North West England 0.4Mb Jan 2009
22
362
187
North East England 0.7Mb Nov 2008
29
348
295
South East England 0.7Mb Sep 2008
24
398
182
South West England 0.8Mb Jan 2008
20
349
177
Wales 0.8Mb Sep 2007
31
532
177
London 0.7Mb Sep 2007
22
254
98
East Anglia 0.3Mb Jan 2007
17
265
58

 

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