“A brilliant day - stories at the right level for each age group. Pupils enjoyed joining in with the storytelling.”
Worsthorne Primary School, Nr Burnley

”Excellent value for money. We would recommend you to other schools.”
Farington Moss St Paul's CE Primary, Leyland

Dominic has won acclaim for the strength of his work helping children and young people realise their potential as storytellers, through short and long-term project work with all ages. His work in this field has been the subject of several short films, three of which can be seen HERE HERE and HERE.

His engaging style of telling draws children and young people into the stories, which range from comic yarns to tales of mystery and suspense. For younger years he combines the wonder and humour of folktales and legends with infectious audience participation that involves the children in the telling. For older pupils he performs longer pieces, often with more challenging emotional depth. These include complex folktales from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic traditions, legends of the supernatural, and Norse and Celtic myths.

He has been closely involved in producing features on storytelling for Scholastic's Literacy Time magazine, and contributed to the production of 'Telling Tales: Storytelling & Emotional Literacy' by Taffy Thomas and Dr Steve Killick. Dominic's interaction with the curriculum draws not only on his professional storytelling expertise but also on 7 years as a qualified teacher.

Dominic provides:

• Performances for different age-groups, based on his wide repertoire of folk-tales, myths, and legends. Maximum of 4 performances in a day, each of up to an hour.
• A combination of performances and workshops - either with a range of age groups, or more intensive work with one or two classes.
• Multi-day projects. Storytelling projects can be provided of almost infinite flexibility and length, incorporating topics from across the curriculum: these can involve a number of consecutive days for an intensive storytelling experience, or a day a week over several weeks with one or two year groups. They can encompass storytelling skills, story-creation and performance, often culminating in performances by each of the oldest pupils to small audiences of younger pupils in the school, knitting together the school community through story. They can equally lead into drama, visual art and creative writing.

School Trips
Dominic can enrich the children’s experience of a school trip with storywalks, and tales to suit the nature and location of the day. He can also provide an evening of educational entertainment as part of residential trips.

Workshops
Dominic's range of storytelling workshops fit in with differing time-limitations and age groups. They vary from tactile activities for younger children to workshops that help older pupils master more complex telling, as well as sessions facilitating children's own story-creation. All of these utilise visual, oral and hands-on learning styles. They strongly support development of Speaking & Listening skills and self-esteem.

“The children greatly enjoyed their sessions. We will certainly be making good use of the storytelling techniques in our literacy work.”
Higham St John's CE Primary School, Burnley

”The activities/themes were well matched to the children's ages and abilities. I wish I'd had my camera on hand to catch the children's concentration - they were absorbed.“
Slyne-with-Hest CE Primary School, Lancaster

"It was a great day. Both staff and pupils thoroughly enjoyed the sessions...You managed to captivate all the children.”
Moulton School, Cheshire