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10 October 2023

Neuroscience and Behaviour

Neuroscience and Behaviour: What Every Teacher Needs to Know By Jess Chalmers, Story Project Summer Project Intern Hello readers! I’m Jess, a qualified teacher and soon-to-be-qualified Play Therapist who is currently undertaking a Summer Project with The Story Project. My main role over this period is to develop a Social and Emotional Skills curriculum...

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27 September 2023

Inclusion and Diversity at The Story Project

My Story I am Sabaa, an English teacher in Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, training through the Teach First programme. In my first summer holidays as a teacher, I have been interning at The Story Project. I am extremely privileged to have this role, one where I hope I have been able to make a real...

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21 July 2023

Rest and Relaxation

After a busy academic year, I wanted to celebrate the end of term with a blog about books related to the importance of rest! I know a lot of teachers and others reading this will still be busy and working over the summer, but I really hope you also get an opportunity to rest and...

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22 March 2023

Spring Cannot be Cancelled

After what has felt like a very long winter, I am particularly excited for the start of Spring this week. The weather hasn’t fully caught on yet, but it is a real mood booster to see the flowers start to bloom and to gain a slither of daylight at the start and end of the...

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8 March 2023

International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day! On this day when women are celebrated, I can’t help but reflect on this article I read last week: Books by female authors studied by just 2% of GCSE pupils, finds study (Rachel Hall, Guardian: 2nd March 2023) https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/mar/02/books-by-female-authors-studied-by-just-2-of-gcse-pupils-finds-study How is this possible when there are so many fantastic books written...

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5 September 2022

How do you choose Stories for The Story Project website?

How to choose a good class book

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2 September 2022

Writing for Wellbeing

As well as promoting reading for wellbeing, The Story Project also shares some ideas for how children can use writing activities to benefit their wellbeing, starting with our Happy Place Book: Escape to Rio De Janiero ‘Green feathers, sparkling sequins, yellow silk and multi-coloured madness all flash past you in a blur. Amid these colours...

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2 September 2022

The Story of The Story Project

The idea for The Story Project was first sparked by an encounter with a man called Andy French early in my career as an English teacher. My students had been studying the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. I found they were growing weary of the text as we scrutinised every detail during...

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2 September 2022

Why should we use stories to teach children wellbeing skills?

The benefits of stories at primary school

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