CJ offers a range of training opportunities for teachers, staff, parents/carers/guardians and artists exploring storytelling and creative education.

These workshops can be on a wide range of themes, topics and stories and explore the ways in which individuals, schools and organisations can use storytelling within their work and practice. CJ tailors all workshops to the needs of the groups involved and is able to devise and deliver bespoke training for organisations and individuals who wish to integrate storytelling into their work.

Pricing on request.

  • Teachers

    CJ offers training opportunities for teachers to learn how to bring stories to life in the classroom and how to use storytelling to explore National Curriculum themes and topics.

    The sessions focus on the techniques needed to engage children in storytelling and explores creative ways of developing literacy through the telling of stories.

    Workshops for teachers can be tailored to focus on specific themes or types of stories.

  • Performers

    CJ runs specific skills based workshops for performers (of all disciplines) who are interested in developing storytelling techniques within their practice.

    These workshops focus on areas such as: voice, characterisation, movement, language, rhythm, voice modulation, gesture, expression and how to select stories and edit/modify story content.

    Workshops for performers can be held either as a group or as one to one mentoring.

  • Parents/Carers/Guardians

    CJ’s workshop sessions for parents/carers/guardians focus on telling stories to individual or small numbers of children; either at home or within moments throughout the family day.

    These sessions will explore how to use the practical techniques of CJ’s storytelling within telling stories at bedtime and how to interpret stories by using your child’s individual interests.

    Workshops for parents/carers and guardians can be held as a one off or series of sessions.

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“The workshop was outstanding today. Possibly the best I’ve ever seen in teaching! The kids absolutely loved it and were excited to write”

— Year 6 Teacher, Heathmere Primary School, London, SW15

 

“I learnt so much from CJ and picked up so many skills to take back and use in the classroom. I would recommend this workshop to every teacher.”

— Workshop Participant, ‘Introduction to Storytelling’

“CJ is creative, dynamic and very engaging. Their workshops for parents are excellent and always very well received at our school'“

- Headteacher, Emmanuel Community School, London, E17

 

“CJ is such a kind and professional facilitator. They guided and supported us all through the workshop with such care, support and experience.”

— Workshop Participant, ‘Gender Diversity and Storytelling’