Eleven families
from children’s centres across Bradford set off on the Bradford Literacy Campaign’s
Bradford walk and talk trail quiz.
Developed in
partnership with the National Media Museum and Bradford Libraries, the quiz
sheet features questions on some of Bradford’s favourite attractions for
families to answer together while they are walking around the city. Copies
are available in the National Media Museum and City Library in Bradford. It
can also be downloaded on the Bradford Literacy Campaign’s microsite,
ourstories.org.uk.
Parents and
children were led by children’s centre staff on a tour of the city’s
landmarks including the National Media Museum where the learning team
enthralled them with the story of the Mystery of the Cottingley Fairies
during a storytelling session. Children also took part in craft workshops
where they decorated fairy wings and made their own pop bottle microscopes.
The final location
on the trail is Bradford’s City Library, where families were rewarded for
completing the walk with an interactive storytelling session from South Asian
Arts Organisation, Kala Sangham. Dads
and children also enjoyed performances of traditional music and signed up for
library membership.
One Dad signed up to the library with his eight year old
daughter, he said:
“We really liked
all the stories this afternoon and we’re looking forward to coming to the
library again to take out lots of books.”
A Bradford Dad who
took part in the walk and talk trail quiz with his three-year-old daughter
said:
“This is the first
time I have taken my daughter out without her mother and it is the first time
I’ve been to the National Media Museum –she really liked decorating her fairy
wings and we will come again.”
Imran Hafeez,
Manager of the National Literacy Trust Hub in Bradford said:
