Spoken narratives – supporting children’s development of narrative skills

This webinar looks at how to support narrative development across all age ranges and across the curriculum. It is divided into three parts of 10 to 15 minutes each to make it easier to watch.

We would recommend you watch all three parts in order if watching for the first time.

Part 1

This provides the background knowledge that you’ll need to support children’s development of narrative skills. It introduces narratives and why they’re so important, as well as how children learn narratives and how they’re structured.

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Part 2

This looks at how we can support children’s narrative development from ages 4-16 years and some of the resources that are available.

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Part 3 discusses setting targets that are relevant to the curriculum.

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Downloadable resources

• Narrative webinar handout

Details of resources referred to in the webinar

• ‘Reception Narrative Pack’ by Black Sheep Press
• ‘Speaking and Listening Through Narrative’ by Black Sheep Press
• ‘From Oral to Written Narrative: A Pack of Activities and Ideas Aimed at Key Stage 2’ by Black Sheep Press
• ‘Narrative Intervention Programme’ by Victoria Joffe
• ‘The SHAPE CODING™ System’ devised by Susan Ebbels