A special session for home educated learners (recommended age 6-11), delivered by Alive & Kicking.

Meet Icarus Bly, an agent of MoUS (Museum Of Untold Stories), who needs your help to create a brand-new story for a strange and unusual object.

Aladdin had his lamp, Bilbo had a magic ring, Goldilocks had her porridge bowl and Doctor Who wields their sonic screwdriver! All objects with a story – but Icarus has a suitcase full of objects that have mysteriously lost their stories, no one knows where, no one knows how. Objects looking for your children to help make brand new tales to tell, write, read and share.

Create original adventures from scratch and help save the world from becoming one without the richness that great stories bring to us all.

In this drama adventure children will:

• Build a whole story from beginning to end
• Explore oracy
• Develop their descriptive language skills
• Construct a story arc to completion
• Make character descriptions
• Construct dialogue
• Problem solve
• Share ideas and develop shared ideas
• Use drama to release their creativity and discover new skills

How does it work?
Using drama approaches, the group will come together to work with our Alive & Kicking practitioner, in role as Icarus Bly, to find a brand-new story for an object that has lost its story. The session lasts for approximately one and a half hours.

Who is it for?
Home educated learners, recommended age 6-11. Children must be accompanied by an adult, but you only need to book tickets for your children.

How many children can take part?
This session will have a maximum of 15 children taking part, but adults should expect to join in too!

Bradford New Church
Ashfield Avenue
Frizinghall
Shipley
BD18 3AL

This session is participatory in nature, and children (and adults!) should expect to get involved! The session starts at 1.30pm, and we advise all participants to arrive before this time to benefit as fully as possible from the experience.