News from the Storyspinner
What’s New? Story Spinner in NAHT Leadership Focus Magazine.
The Story Spinner DVDs were reviewed in the March issue of the NAHT magazine -
“When was the last time you heard a good story? You may have been lucky enough to have been read to as a child, but schoolchildren today might not be as willing to be wrenched away from their PSP consoles – until the Story Spinner project, that is.
…Teachers said that the DVDs fitted in well with the revised Literacy Framework and offered a variety of assessment opportunities in reading, speaking, listening and writing. Researchers also noticed a raised attainment in reading and ‘noticeable gains’ in writing…”