Storytelling Workshop in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain

Last week the Spanish Embassy and RAW welcomed thirteen primary school teachers who teach in government schools in Abuja, to participate in a workshop on Storytelling. The week-long workshop included a storytelling event at Casalinda and a storytelling performance in the local community.

Laura, Director of CLAP (Combing Learning Acting Playing), is a Storytelling practitioner and travelled from Spain to give the workshop to thirteen primary school teachers.

The teachers with Laura, CLAP and Gillian, RAW

 The aim of the workshop was to give primary school teachers active, practical approaches to teaching creatively in the classroom, motivating young students to build their reading ability and confidence,  familiarising them with literature and therefore, strengthening education skills.

Practical approaches to storytelling

Working with Primary School teachers, the workshop helped participants to gain some new techniques when teaching children who cannot read or are in the early stages of reading. The activities developed during the week were especially designed to help encourage a more practical approach to reading and writing in the classroom and work to develop the confidence in the spoken and written word.

Laura put the teachers to the test each day by engaging them in practical activities which culminated in a storytelling performance on the final day of the workshop. RAW will continue to work with the thirteen teachers who participated, in their schools as part of the Inspiring Teachers Programme.


"I got to learn some techniques that will aid me in teaching and easy ways to communicate with the kids through storytelling....I hope there will be more of these workshops in the future".

Thanks must go to Laura for providing a top-class week of Storytelling, the Spanish Embassy who facilitated the entire workshop, NUC and Casalinda for hosting the event last week.

Teachers demonstrating dramatic storytelling

Thanks also to UBEB for their support and for providing a great group of teachers and of course special thanks to all the teachers who participated during the week. 


For more information on the workshop, go to: http://abujastorytelling.blogspot.com/