500 Word Storytelling Festival

Every pupil from Years 1-6 participated in our 500-word challenge. Each pupilplanned, drafted, edited and published a 500-word story of their choosing. They then typed up their story and designed the page to match the setting and character descriptions that they wrote. Then, every pupil rehearsed and presented their story to their whole class. The class and teacher voted on the two best stories, which were submitted to the BBC 500-word contest AND were presented at the WBPA Storytelling Festival on November 30^th for family and friends.

The project was created to promote storytelling and oracy - giving all pupils the chance to speak aloud, learn presentation skills and build confidence. All stories written will be published in a WBPA 500-word stories book, which will be available for purchase in the new year.