Jane was at the Forest Centre in Marston Moretaine again today and it was another busy one – a minibeast safari. She went out this morning fretting about the weather – apparently sweep nets don’t do a very good job of catching bugs in long, wet grass, and bashing trees that are dripping with rain yield […]
Jane will be weary come Friday! On Saturday evening she had a lovely time in Campton Wood telling stories to about 40 people, linked to some fantastic wood carvings that Central Beds Council have commissioned there. It’s well worth a visit if you haven’t been. She’s at the Forest Centre in Marston Moretaine today running […]
Jane’s busy at the moment, running kids’ holiday events at the Forest Centre, Marston Moretaine and last Wednesday, a family event called Run Wild, for the Greensand Trust at Ampthill Park. Seems like everything went well. Apparently 90 kids on Thursday at Marston, all making giant sunflowers and sundials and amazingly, the sun shone for […]
Jane was at the Forest Centre, Marston Moretaine yesterday, leading a half term kids’ activity day. As ever, she came up with something that most kids and, from the sound of it, parents and grandparents, found lots of fun – making amazing coloured animal pictures using tissue paper and models in colourful plasticine. There’s more […]
Jane’s been at Randall’s Farm today running a training course called “Storytelling in Environmental Education” for the Wildlife Trust. The course was designed for anyone already working in an area where storytelling could add to what they do. There were Forest School practitioners, Wildlife Trust staff as well as others who lead guided walks and […]
Jane has been telling tales at the Living Crafts fayre at Hatfield House over the weekend. We’ve just got in with sore feet and needing cups of tea. Our kids have reached the age at which watching their mother performing has limited appeal, so I had to send them off on their own whilst I […]
Jane will be telling stories at the Festival of Living Crafts, Art, Design & Innovation at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, 6-9 May. The event is open to the public from 10am to 5pm daily and Jane will be telling regularly. For more information about Jane’s storytelling visit our web site