Macaulay Primary School

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Name of Project

Model Stories

Method

Model and Storymaking

Aim

The School Improvement Plan identifies under-achievement of boys, and boys physical motor skills within writing, plus the need for imaginative writing development.

Photo by Scott Middleton

Photo by Scott Middleton

Key Stages/Year Groups

Years 3 and 4

Research Question

Can boys be stimulated into writing through kinaesthetic experiences in which they have choice?

Creative Practitioners

Pete Rogers  Telephone: 01469 530992;  www.xdes.co.uk

Methodology

• Pete will work with small groups of mixed age/ability children.
• They will be encouraged to make automata which are directly related to a story of their own devising
• They will be encouraged to write and draw the storyboard to their story

Contact Details for School

Head: Julie Saunders
Contact: Marie Owen Telephone: 01472 356232

Photo by Scott Middleton

'Humour makes us laugh.  Discovery makes us understand.  Art makes us marvel.' Arthur Koestler.