This week we had the pleasure of going into Marazion school to work with year 6 children as part of the Withy Lore project that we’re delivering in partnership with artist Anna Pope. Over the course of the day, children heard and shared personal stories, did some weaving and had a special visitor! Stories lead […]
‘schools work’ Category
Puppets tell the story of Bude Storm Tower in a new community film
Since our recent delivery of the Compass Point resources we devised, over 600 local children have been busily engaged with the past, present and future of Bude Storm Tower. This only left one piece of the jigsaw to complete… the film telling the story of the Storm Tower, as seen through the eyes of a […]
Gathering children’s thoughts on Climate Change
Did you know that Bude is currently holding a Community Jury on Climate Change? It’s rather exciting and Storylines are excited to be playing a small role in it. Organised by the Bude Climate Partnership and facilitated by Shared Future, a Community Jury have formed to talk about the vital issue of climate change. This small […]
Creative resources for children to explore iconic Storm Tower
Some of you may have seen recent press articles detailing how Bude’s iconic Storm Tower has begun it’s 100 metre journey away from the eroding coastline. To mark this historic event, Storylines has been tasked with producing creative resources for hundreds of local school children. Bude’s Storm Tower Sitting precariously on the cliff edge, it […]
Schooner Stories- Schools Workshop
Storylines was delighted to be welcomed back into Devoran School recently for a schools workshop exploring Cornish merchant schooners. Year 6 learnt about these vessels through a series of digital stories, doing some excellent listening and note taking. Here’s just one of the digital stories we made with the fabulous Robbie and Maureen Tatlow who had […]
Sennen School Stop Motion film
We thought it would be nice to make a little film to share some of the children’s responses to the Kemeneth project packs we delivered to Sennen School in winter 2020. We’ve loved going through children’s responses and it’s been brilliant to be able to collaborate with PK Porthcurno and learn more about the local history […]
Children Consider Kindness and Communication
It’s not that long ago that people communicated via telegram to countries around the world via submarine cables that landed in at Porthcurno and Sennen that would revolutionise global communication. It’s staggering to think about how fast our means of communication have changed and the perfect time to reflect on this as the pandemic forces […]
Children at Sennen School reflect on lockdown
As we enter another lockdown, we are tucked away opening envelopes filled with children’s responses to the first lockdown. This past year has been a challenging one to say the least and it’s so important to process what we’re going through, reflect together and share our stories. Whatever our age, we are all impacted by […]
Storylines connects with PK Porthcurno and Sennen School
Storylines is delighted to be collaborating with PK Porthcurno to deliver an off- shoot of the Kemeneth project to children from year 2, 3 and 4 at Sennen School. Using some of the fascinating archival objects and documents from PK Porthcurno as a starting point, Storylines have been busy creating some very special packs, which […]
The Rhoda Mary Project Film
In 2016 we were delighted to be asked to collaborate with the Rhoda Mary Project on a new community heritage project which sought to uncover stories about the Rhoda Mary and other Cornish merchant schooners. We have recently made this short film to tell the story of the project so far… The Rhoda Mary was […]
