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Watch Richard O'Neill (MBE) playwright, storyteller and author read some of his most popular stories

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Watch Richard O'Neill (MBE) playwright, storyteller and author read some of his most popular stories

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Find accessible versions of your favourite books 

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Find accessible versions of your favourite books 

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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336, VAT Registration Number GB 592 9507 00, and is acknowledged by the UK authorities as a "Recognised body" which has been granted degree awarding powers.

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Books & authors from travelling communities

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Books & authors from travelling communities

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This resource encourages you to explore and enjoy the Cant language.

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Storytelling around wordless picture cards and cultural iconography

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Storytelling around wordless picture cards and cultural iconography

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Books relating to the Gypsy/Traveller and Roma community

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Books relating to the Gypsy/Traveller and Roma community

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Access a series of collated booklists on twitter here: https://x.com/MissBprimary/status/1726374568984556007

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You will be writing longer pieces of work. You will use more complex words, grammar and punctuation.

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Listen to stories from the travelling community 

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Listen to stories from the travelling community 

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There is a strong tradition of storytelling in travelling communities with each generation passing stories to the next. By including Scottish Traveller stories teachers can ensure that Traveller culture is represented in the curriculum - raising awareness and respect for the culture for all children. The familiar references will also provide a focus for Traveller children to excel by sharing their knowledge and expertise.

We love our children and we love our children to hear the stories.

Jess Smith, Scottish Traveller, writer and storyteller

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Use these Traveller stories to raise awareness of Traveller culture for all children.

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Once you start to read fluently, you can think more about the content. By reading lots of different types of text, you learn to understand what you are reading. Remember that looking at a website, magazine or text message is also reading.

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Stanley Robertson teaching resources: education from the heart of Traveller culture

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Stanley Robertson teaching resources: education from the heart of Traveller culture

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Stanley Robertson Teaching Resources | Elphinstone Institute | The University of Aberdeen

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2019 marked the tenth anniversary of the death of the celebrated Scottish Traveller singer, storyteller, piper and author, Stanley Robertson. The Institute held a number of events to celebrate his legacy including talks, concerts, discussions, storytelling sessions and more. We also received funding from Aberdeen City Council to create free teaching resources for primary schools that focused on Stanley’s life and art. The ‘Stanley Robertson: Education From the Heart of Scottish Traveller Culture’ resources were designed and developed by retired teacher and storyteller Jackie Ross and Scottish Traveller activist Davie Donaldson with support from Stanley’s son Tony Robertson, storyteller Grace Banks, and PhD student Lauren Hossack.

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Learn more about Kenning poems and how to make one!

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If you and your family like storytelling, drawing and using your imagination, then try out this exciting comic book activity.

The graphic novel duo Metaphrog have produced a simple guide to creating a comic book story in 7 easy steps.

Find templates to download and use on a tablet or print.

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Make a story and create a comic strip - STEP

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How to draw characters and props for a graphic story. This resource supports the development of creative and storytelling skills using multiple different text forms.

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Read the story initially as a class to allow you to manage the different responses from class members. It will be important to ensure that any class members who have previous experiences of bullying behaviours or those who are from Gypsy/Traveller communities do not feel uncomfortable.

The story stops abruptly at a critical point after the main characters have experienced a series of bullying behaviours. Divide your class into small groups and support them to reflect on why the events in the story are unacceptable. Encourage each group to participate in changing this story. Explain that by creating new narratives we are sending out a message that this kind of bullying behaviour should never be tolerated.

Introduce the graphic novel genre by asking what pupils already know and allowing them to research different formats. Download the template grids below to help pupils to think about the structure or use a digital comic maker apps.

Please encourage groups to enter the national competition to complete the story. Send your pupils' story endings to STEP step@ed.ac.uk We will select five endings to be illustrated by Metaphrog. These stories will be published and distributed to all schools in Scotland. See some of the inspired and positive responses from young people so far here.

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A Graphic Novel about bullying behaviour - STEP

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A thought-provoking story about two Gypsy/Travellers' experiences of discrimination.