Shed Stories

What is Shed Stories

Funded by Arts Council England, Shed Stories is a Theatre in Education strand within TramShed’s programme of activities. The projects are carefully linked to important areas of the National Curriculum, including e-safety and PSHE. We reach out to SEN, EYFS, KS1-KS5 and Foundation Learning within our activities and use our inclusive approach and experience to ensure the content is accessible, engaging, creative and informative. The visits are delivered by our artistic team, who have a wealth of experience in inclusive theatre practice. Each visit within the Shed Stories programme, can include a performance, inclusive workshop and additional information within a Digital Download booklet, for continuation learning. All projects are always tailored to the needs to the pupils involved.

Ofsted and Inclusion

Under the renewed Education Inspection Framework, inclusion is a core part of how schools and education providers are evaluated. It is both a standalone evaluation area and something that inspectors look for across all areas. TramShed have inclusion woven into all our delivery, activities and approaches. We identify and meet the needs of participants, have high expectations for those taking part, including all activities delivered and ensure all potential barriers are removed to full access learning and improve well-being.

 

The Gingerbread Man and Tina Murray.

Performances

Whether we are exploring the importance of safety when using the internet or going for tea with Goldilocks. The TramShed artistic team take audiences on a journey of creative and inclusive theatre performance, that offers a professional and interactive experience.

A participant in a music workshop.

After School Clubs

TramShed have a variety of After School Clubs available to explore inclusive performing arts. Workshop packages can be tailored to the needs of the school.

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Participants in a dance workshop.

Workshops

We have a varied and well-developed workshop programme which can be tailored around any theme, whilst enhancing the National Curriculum. Workshops can also be added to performance visits to enable participants the opportunity to explore themes in more depth.

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"The whole experience was fantastic.  The staff were friendly and professional from start to finish and came early to set up with all of their resources pre-prepared.  The actors were really enthusiastic and the full audience was completely engaged by them, I would even go as far as to say the children were mesmorised by them.  The speech was very clear and use of song and rhyme helped to make the performance more accessible for all.  Those who participated in the workshop found it really enjoyable and staff felt that the children got a lot from it. Thanks so much for providing such an enjoyable experience for all involved." - Miss Makinson (Blackpool Gateway Academy)