Supporting our
Storytelling in the
Evelina Hospital School
Our young patients are being taught by
a professional storyteller and actor at
Evelina Hospital School, thanks to your
generous donations.
The special oracy and storytelling
lessons encourage the children to delve
into their imaginations and explore with
their voices, helping them to improve
literacy skills and build confidence.
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, with Phil McDe
Lesson in full swing
Group oracy and role play sessions allow
interaction with each other in ways that are not always easy on the ward. Children
can return to the comfort and normality of being pupils as they would be outside of
hospital, and can put aside possible worries connected to being a patient.
Fiona Dyson is a teacher at the Evelina Hospital School, which teaches
patients of all ages in classrooms or at the bedside.
‘It’s great to see the confidence that the children have to contribute with
people that they may not know very well,’ she says. ‘It’s important for their self-
esteem at a time when a lot of things are out of control in their life.’
You get to use lots of
creative words and you
can really express yourself,
it also really calms me down.
I go into my own little world
and am just thinking about
what to write next.
Milla, aged 11
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Milla with Phil
during
a workshop