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Storyline Morning in the Netherlands

May

2013

Sallie Harkness and Steve Bell At the invitation of Peter Geerdink and Simon Olbertijn, who were participants at the 5th International Storyline Conference held in the University of Iceland in August 2012, we were invited to present at a Miniconference for the staff of the teacher training universities of Stenden and Meppel on Wednesday 10th ...

Teaching EFL using Storyline, Berlin

Sep

2012

Katrin Harder & Steve Bell At the invitation of Katrin Harder, an English teacher in Werbellinsee-Grundschule, Steve Bell presented a one-day workshop course for 65 English teachers working in primary and secondary schools in Berlin. The topic chosen was the Open Market and the participants produced the most amazing models of a variety of stalls ...

Great Scots Storyline

Sep

2011

Alison Campbell Throughout April, May and June, the 26 pupils in P6C at Lochside Primary School, Montrose, Scotland learned about Great Scots through the use of the Scottish Storyline Method. The aim of the project was to encourage the pupils to discover the numerous famous people that have come from Scotland, and for the pupils ...

Our Farm

Jan

2011

A Storyline Topic in a primary school in Pargas, Finland Ann-Catherine Henriksson The curriculum in year five in the primary school in Finland tells us to teach about how our food is produced and about the plants and the animals that provides us with food. Although we live in a small town many of the ...

Storyline in North Yorkshire

Jan

2010

Jill L Wells & Kathy Robson A new, exciting Storyline project involving three secondary schools and five primary schools is taking place in North Yorkshire, England at the moment. Inspired by an ‘Introduction to Storyline’ presentation run by Jill Wells, Kathy Robson, Subject leader and Assistant Headteacher at Lady Lumley’s School in Pickering, researched the ...

Doctorate Success for Rhonda

Jan

2010

Congratulations Rhonda Mitchell-Barrett who will receive her doctorate in January Her thesis was based on an analysis of the Storyline method in primary school; its theoretical underpinnings and its impact on pupils’ intrinsic motivation. This study explored the relationship between the Scottish Storyline teaching method and pupils’ levels of motivation when engaged in a Storyline ...

Der Storyline Approach

Sep

2009

Task based teaching für die Arbeit mit heterogenen Lerngruppen, Martinshaus, Rendsburg This popular annual workshop course is organised by Gisela Ehlers of the Institute for Teacher training in Kiel. It attracts teachers of general subjects working in primary and secondary schools who also wish to teach English as a Second Language. The course started with ...

Methode Glasgow Lernen in Handlungsfeldern

Nov

2007

At the invitation of the Primary Teachers’ Association for Schleswig Holstein Steve Bell presented a one day course for 60 teachers in Bickbargen Primary School. Halstenbek/Krupunder. Several members of the organising committee are experienced in using Storyline and had attended courses in their home state over the last twenty years but for the majority the ...

Centenary Storyline

Jun

2007

Grange Primary School, Falkirk Council Yvonne MacBlain Grange Primary School in the Scottish town of Bo’ness is celebrating its centenary this year. To enable pupils to appreciate and participate in this event more fully, from September 2006 until June 2007, they worked on a special project using the Storyline method. This project was co-ordinated by ...

The Rock & Roll Café

Mar

2007

Gartconner Primary School, East Dunbartonshire Lynn Wilson & Gillian Lumsden As was mentioned in a previous news item the Storyline Topic entitled the Rock & Roll Café proved to be very popular with pupils in class P 4/5 of Gartconner Primary School. The official opening ceremony followed a whole class presentation at a school assembly ...