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Leap Off the Page
The National Charity of Children’s Writers and Storytellers in Education
We are a charity set up by teachers, actively targeting the disadvantaged. We passionately believe in changing children’s lives through stories.
Tasters, Residencies & Insets in Your SchoolWe organise Taster Days, Residencies and Insets, led by the most creative and experienced children’s writers, storytellers, poets and illustrators in the country. Our Taster Days will inspire your pupils and introduce you to our Residencies, which will produce a lasting impact on pupil creativity, confidence and literacy. More… Browsing our Writers pages will give you a selection of some of our many talented writers, illustrators, poets and storytellers on offer. The Writer in your School pages will give you advice on preparing for a successful visit and a checklist of useful tips for the day of the visit to ensure that that everything runs smoothly. Teachers, help us to continue our work by filling out our quick online Evaluation Form. |
Transition & School ClustersWork with our writers to help children make the transition to secondary school. Look at an example of a previous project. More…
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Partners
Our projects encourage schools to work with each other and with local libraries, arts venues and literature development organisations. We want children and young people, teachers and parents, to share and celebrate their creative work and find progression routes to develop their interests further, in and out of school. More… |
Impact & Disadvantage
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Pre-School
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Arts Venues & Festivals
Fun shows by our performance artists for your Festival, Arts Venue, School theatre or hall. Showcasing for the creative work of local schools, children and young people. Past tours… |
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Children and Young PeopleYour Writing Take a look at some of the writing children and young people have created in our writer workshops. More… Our most recent writing from our Making the Change Secondary Transfer project is here…
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Writer Visits to Schools Information
Read our pamphlet about an author visit to your school. Including news about our exciting writer patrons, Black History Month and National Poetry Day. |
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Our Writers and Storytellers in ActionSee more of our writers at work here… |
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