Finally, the Share your Work module supports students in showcasing their creations– using stories and creative projects as opportunities to connect with others.
Teachers can decide on the format and scale of this sharing. Some ideas include:
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Exhibitions or performances aimed at one class, or the whole college.
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Exhibitions or performances in the local area – aimed at a public audience.
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Stories, videos and case studies shared on the Story Valley website – targeting other teachers and students who are participating in the programme.
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Stories, videos and case studies shared on social media – for the whole world!
Click the "Student Work" button for examples of student work that was produced during Story Valley projects. To enquire about putting your own student work in this area, please email hester@learninghubfriesland.nl
Click the buttons below to find case studies of settings that have already delivered Story Valley, explaining how they shared student work. These can be used for guidance and inspiration – you can share projects in any way you find useful!
Share your Work
Start your own Story Valley Academy
Are you inspired to get started with your own Story Valley project?
We have created learning materials based on pilot projects that ran in colleges in Edinburgh, Ljubljana, Nottingham and Leeuwarden. There are four modules which you can explore below. But, if you are new to Story Valley we suggest to start with the teacher guide and the intro movie. You are welcome to download the learing materials.
Find the Story
The Find the Story module supports students in discovering stories from the people and places around them: to use as raw material for Story Valley projects.
There are many different ways to ‘find stories’ and teachers can choose how they approach this task. Some core options include:
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Providing a space for students to share their own personal stories and listen carefully to those of their peers.
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Facilitating students to ‘find stories’ in the local area. These could be old stories which form local heritage or modern stories from residents of the area.
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Exploring stories about migration or refugee culture.
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Researching and engaging with stories from different places, countries and cultures.
You can find examples of ‘find the story’ activities, submitted by Colleges who have already delivered the programme, below.
Tell the Story
The Tell the Story module is all about bridging the gap between the source material students have ‘found’ and the creative expression of a story.
Again, this will very much be shaped by context, your curriculum goals, and the areas in which students require support. This pack provides resources to support:
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Making sense of the story – exercises to pinpoint the core components and messages which could be adapted creatively.
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Analysing how a story can be structured, and then asking students to play with structuring the story for their project.
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Working on engaging storytelling technique, such as gesture, volume and intonation.
We would also encourage you to connect with local storytellers and storytelling practitioners – who will be able to provide more resources to support effective storytelling. You might even be able to organise an in-person workshop in your setting at this stage.
You can find examples of ‘tell the story’ activities, submitted by Colleges who have already delivered the programme, below.
The Get Creative module asks students to produce a creative outcome using stories.
For teachers of creative subjects this is the part of the programme where students use the creative skills they are developing in their course. For example – students learning music composition might write a song based on the story they have ‘found’, students of visual art might create a picture or illustrated storybook and students of computing could build a website or interactive programme.
In other subjects, such as language – a creative project can be used as an engagement tool. Students might be asked to each choose a different creative way to express a story – with the teacher focusing on their understanding of the narrative and ability to communicate.
Click the buttons below to find case studies that have already delivered Story Valley, explaining how they encouraged students to ‘get creative’ with their project. These can be used for guidance and inspiration – your creative project can of course be unique to your setting and course!
Get Creative
