Moving Stories SEND teacher development project

Moving Stories is a two year project taking place in and with four Lewisham primary special schools and two resource bases from autumn 2023 to summer 2025.

Drama Practitioners from Peoplescape Theatre and dance artists from Trinity Laban are working together with 12 Teachers to explore how arts-based approaches can support teaching and learning and develops pupils’ communication skills.

The project began with artists leading practical sessions in schools, sharing best practice, with reflection time with teachers. As teachers develop their knowledge and confidence over time the model shifts to co-delivery, with teachers and artists planning and leading together, culminating in teacher-led sessions, with artists in role as mentors.

Through Moving Stories, teachers and artists will learn from each other and share good practice with colleagues and the sector, embedding drama and dance in special educational needs and disability (SEND) settings and ensuring young people with special needs have access to a rich and exciting arts curriculum that supports their life skills.

The Moving Stories project is one of only six projects nationwide to have been awarded funding by the Paul Hamlyn Teacher Development Fund, round 6.

The project is delivered in partnership with Peoplescape Theatre and Lewisham Education Arts Network.