Free National Storytelling Week classroom resource for KS1 / P2 - 3
Supported by Amazon, we have created a fun, interactive storytelling project for National Storytelling Week with former Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho, for pupils aged 5 to 7 (KS1/P2-3), inspired by his picture book Our Tower (illustrated by Richard Johnson). The classroom resource is based on the theme ‘Reimagine your world’ and it is designed to inspire a love of story creation.
Alongside a week-long series of classroom activities, we are running a free, live storytelling workshop with Joseph Coelho at 10am to 10:45am on Thursday 6 February 2025. The event will be a source of inspiration for students’ stories and is a crucial part of the week-long storytelling project.
What happens if my class cannot attend the live workshop?
If you are unable to attend, a recording of the workshop will be available on YouTube and uploaded to this page.
What are the Key stage 1 classroom resources?
- KS1/P2-3 resources, and family resources, will be live on this page from Monday 6 January 2025.
Our National Storytelling Week classroom resources for key stage 1 provide a week-long learning sequence for you to deliver, which supports students to create stories inspired by Joseph’s creative process.
You may like to consider taking time out of your normal timetable to deliver the project, or to build it into your literacy and English focus for the week. The learning sequence is developed with the national curriculum in mind, and the curriculum links can be found at the end of the resource.
We'd love to see your pupils' writing
At the end of the week’s activities, please submit your students’ work to us for the opportunity to have it published in the National Storytelling Week Anthology and to receive individual feedback from Amazon.
We also have family resources for children to complete at home.
Submission instructions will be live on our website closer to the time.
If you have any questions about National Storytelling Week 2025, please email Young Writers: young.writers@literacytrust.org.uk