News from the Storyspinner
Share a Story Month
May is the month when each year, events and activities that celebrate the power of story take place right across the UK. Watch our free story – ‘Granddad and the Laundry Basket’ – then share it with your colleagues, children or family.
The idea of sharing a story comes from pre-literate times when being able to [...]
Posted by Maria on 10 May 2011
Special end of term offer!
The financial year is fast coming to an end, and many of you are finalising decisions about how to spend the last of your school budget. We’d like to make you a special offer on a purchase that your staff and children will enjoy and make great use of for many years to come.
We’d like [...]
Posted by Maria on 23 March 2011
New Resource Guide – NLA
The National Literacy Association have just launched their new online Literacy resource guide, supported by NUT, NASUWT and BESA. The Guide aims to be a time-saving starting point for finding great classroom resources that can support, encourage and inspire children and young people to acquire adequate literacy skills and develop a love of reading.
You can visit the [...]
Posted by Maria on 18 March 2011
5 to 7 Educator article
Eve Bearne explores how oral storytelling can significantly improve children’s reading, speaking, listening and writing, as well as their understanding of social diversity.
Read more
Posted by Maria on 15 March 2011
World Book Day March 3rd
The Story Spinner stories are simply another type of text, so why not try something different for World Book Day this year? Buy either the Story Spinner or Stories from Around the World collections and we’ll give you our CPD materials, Story Spinner Learning for FREE. Just quote WBD11 when ordering.
Posted by Maria on 24 February 2011
NAHT Leadership Focus Magazine Winners
The winners of our recent prize draw for a set of the ‘Stories from Around the World’ DVDs in the Leadership Focus Magazine are
West Twyford Primary School, Ealing.
Coley Primary School, Reading.
Parrett and Axe CEVA Primary School, Mosterton.
Congratulations! And we hope your children thoroughly enjoy the stories.
Posted by Maria on 23 February 2011
National Storytelling Week 29 Jan – 5 Feb 2011
National Storytelling Week is almost upon us and if you’re looking for resources, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got a special offer for you too – buy the Story Spinner boxset, and receive the Story Spinner Learning CPD pack, valued at £99, for free. This offer is valid until February 5th. We send [...]
Posted by Maria on 25 January 2011
NAHT Magazine Review and Prize Draw
“…Bringing some of the best international storytellers to the classroom, the DVDs provide a cultural mix of folk tales, fairytales and traditional stories from Africa, India and China…”
Leadership Focus Magazine is giving away 3 copies of the new ‘Stories from Around the World’ collection.
To enter, email naht@redactive.co.uk and entries close 31 January. Good luck!
Posted by Maria on 25 January 2011
Innovative and Ambitious
“The Story Spinner typifies the sort of innovative and ambitious smaller company whose business UKTI can help take to the world.”
Elaine Cameron, UKTI.
UKTI helps London technology companies show the changing face of teaching at BETT 2011.
Cutting-edge technology from London companies is taking centre stage at BETT, the world’s largest educational technology show, during its [...]
Posted by Maria on 21 January 2011
And the Winner is…
We are delighted to announce the winner of our Grand Prize Draw from the BETT show is Holbrook Primary School in Suffolk. They will be receiving a copy of all of our DVDs.
Thank you to everyone for entering and for making our first BETT Show such a wonderful experience! Remember – if you picked up a [...]
Posted by Maria on 17 January 2011
