In the Marvels and Mayhem Big Top storyteller Emily Hennessey and artists Tina Dempsey and Garth Gratrix brought Blackpool’s amazing Blackpool Tower Circus’s history to life. Both Tina and Emily have been working in Blackpool and Wyre schools throughout June 2018 to help children create magical circus themed stories and artwork inspired by Heritage Blackpool’s…
We’ve been feeling sooooo festive at S.O.S HQ this week! We got out our glitter and glue and decorated the S.O.S tree for the Winter Gardens Trust Christmas Tree Festival. Take a peek and see what you think. Friendly space creatures (designed by our fantastic StorySavers from local schools) really wanted to help us celebrate…
Zanzibar Zoe was a nasty old pirate when Save Our Stories first encountered her. She was a dedicated destroyer of stories, and quite a dab hand with a cutlass. In a strange twist of fate Zoe’s life was saved by stories and she now repays her debt by boarding the S.O.S RescueShip and helping us…
Our RescueShip spent the Summer Term travelling to local schools and libraries on the Fylde Coast. Inspired by our Robot Aliens story we challenged children to create some friendly space creatures. Aren’t they amazing! We especially love how many are referencing books and stories. A huge well done you to Baines Endowed VC Primary School,…
We had intergalactic adventures galore at Wordpool Festival‘s Family Day on Saturday. We performed our exciting new touring show Robot Aliens Stole My iPig. Dr New and the Binaries travelled to Earth in our plucky S.O.S RescueShip. They were on the hunt for Dr New’s missing iPig, a supersonic story storage device. The iPig holds all…
The S.O.S RescueShip was on the hunt for story stealing aliens in Wigan Town Centre. Aided by the mysterious Dr New and her trusty Robot helpers. Wigan Arts Festival Our intergalactic high-jinks came to Wigan as part of Wigan Arts Festival pre-festival celebrations. Wigan Arts Festival is a fantastic two week programme of live events. including dance, poetry,…
We had a blast celebrating World Book Day with Blackpool Libraries! CJ Griffiths Photography came along to Moor Park and Layton Library to document our day. We absolutely adore these photos of St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School and Layton Primary School enjoying stories with StoryCrew mate Louise. They had a great time aboard the S.O.S RescueShip
This year we celebrated World Book Day in style, doing lots of booky things with four Blackpool Libraries and local school children. The RescueShip was joined by our storytelling Crew Member, Louise. Louise’s storytelling session was based on Nick Walker’s original Save Our Stories book. She explored all the different ways stories could be saved…
Our RescueShip and crew had a great day at Palatine Library with children from Marton, Waterloo, and St Cuthbert’s Primary Schools. We enjoyed saving a special Christmas story with storyteller Dan Worsley, and created fabulous gingerbread characters.
S.O.S RescueShip crewmates, Dan Worsley, Louise Fazackerley, and Vanessa Card helped students track down story-stealing pirates. They created magnificent Wanted! posters to try and catch the culprits before any more stories were lost. This workshop was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in 2016.
Students worked with storytellers Dan Worsley and Louise Fazackerley to find out Who Stole the Stories. The students produced Wanted! posters for some dastardly story-stealing pirates. They also created large fearsome pirate heads with artist, Vanessa Card. This was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in 2016.
Unity Academy worked with Dan Worsley, Louise Fazackerley, and Vanessa Card to discover Who Stole The Stories. The culprits? Only some downright unpleasant story-hating pirates. This workshop was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in 2016.
Stanley Primary School worked with storytellers Dan Worsley and Louise Fazackerley to find out Who Stole the Stories. The students produced Wanted! posters for some dastardly story-stealing pirates. They also created large fearsome pirate heads with artist, Vanessa Card. This was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in…
Students worked with storytellers Dan Worsley and Louise Fazackerley to find out Who Stole the Stories. The students produced Wanted! posters for some dastardly story-stealing pirates. They also created large fearsome pirate heads with artist, Vanessa Card. This was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in 2016.
Westcliff Primary School worked with Dan Worsley, Louise Fazackerley, and Vanessa Card to discover Who Stole The Stories. The culprits? Only some downright unpleasant story-hating pirates. This workshop was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in 2016. The students work was displayed at Wordpool’s Family Day event, where…
Students worked with storyteller Dan Worsley to produce Wanted! posters for some dastardly story-stealing pirates. They also created some fantastic giant pirate heads with artist, Vanessa Card. This was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in 2016. The students work was displayed at Wordpool’s Family Day event.
Students worked with storyteller Dan Worsley to produce Wanted! posters for some dastardly story-stealing pirates. They also created large fearsome pirate heads with artist, Vanessa Card. This was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in 2016.
Poet and Storyteller, Louise Fazackerley held a writing workshop with Ur Potential’s LGB&T group. Later on our RescueShip joined up with Blackpool Libraries for the Blackpool Pride Festival parade
Students worked with storyteller Dan Worsley to produce Wanted! posters for some dastardly story-stealing pirates. They also created large fearsome pirate heads with artist, Vanessa Card. This was part of the Wordpool Schools offer leading up to the Big Family Fun Day in 2016.
Nick Walker and Andy Hazell visited Blackpool Talbot and Brunswick Children’s Centre. They worked with the children and their parents to figure out who stole all our stories, and why? The answer was that fierce, story-gobbling monsters were after all the yummy stories. Crikey! The children brilliantly imagined and drew all the gruesome creatures which they…
“Imagine if, one night, all our stories were stolen, so that in the morning, when we woke up, we discovered they were all gone. Which stories would you miss the most?” This is the question author Nick Walker asked children from Chaucer Primary School and Larkholme Primary School. Nick and artist Andy Hazell visited the children to ask for their…
Andy Hazell and Nick Walker visited Fleetwood High School to consult with the students about the creation of the S.O.S RescueShip
