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Scroll down to find activities to help children and young people learn from home. They can all be done without a teacher. Every week we’ll be adding more and especially activities for older pupils – so keep coming back.
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‘Ye canny forget the Cant’
Artist Jo Waterhouse and Kelly Stewart created an alphabet of Traveller words – including the Cant. Check out the words and pictures and try the activities to get the whole family to have a blether.
Learn together at home
Learning through stories
Sharing stories is one of the best ways to learn. Older members of the family can help younger ones. You can chat about what happened in the story and create your own. Remember to try out all the activities for each story below.
A Travellers’ tale by Jess Smith
The king and the tailor Jess Smith is a Scottish Traveller and writer. Ever since she was a child she has loved [...]
The lost homework
Before you listen to the story... This story is called The lost homework. You will hear the author reading it below but [...]
Polonius the pit pony
While you listen... Think about how the pony feels. Also think about how the miner feels. If you were granted a [...]
Wee Bessie
Look at the picture Do you think there will be a problem in this story? Why/why not? What do you think Wee [...]
National anti-bullying competition
Take part in a competition with your class. ‘Shifting’ is a graphic novel about bullying behaviour in schools. Teachers can find resources for class activities on the STEP Teachers’ site.
Create a comic strip in 7 steps
Try your hand at becoming a graphic novelist and create your own comic strip in seven steps with graphic comic designers Metaphrog.
Make your own story
Why not create your own stories, films, artwork, poems or animations? Have a look at amazing work by young people here.
