What an exciting start to our
busy week…Jo Henwood came all the
way from Australia to our school to share
some of her stories with the students of Grades 1, 2 and 3. Jo has been a
storyteller since 1999, becoming an Accredited Storyteller and later President
of the Storytelling Guild of New South Wales, Australia. This drive was
purposely to maintain the tradition of Swagman and to familiarize the coming
generations
with the past traditions.
The interesting tales about believable characters carried the
imagination away to times and places near and far. The story telling session
was enjoyed by our students and helped the students to be good listeners and
build on their imaginative skills. Students keenly observed the modulation of
tone, body language to get a realistic feel of the story. The action story of
An old women and Monster in the dark bush narrated by Jo was heard so intently
by the students without realising that they had been sitting completely
involved for an hour! In the end, students were given an opportunity to ask
some personal and story related questions from Jo.
