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Story-telling comes alive through Animateurs

Monday 11 August 2008

Story-telling using toys, instruments and props by trained Community Animateurs from Redcar & Cleveland College will take in everything from Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum to Whitby Abbey in the coming weeks.

Working with the Redcar & Cleveland Borough Library Service, and the council, the College’s team of three animateurs will enthral children and their parents. Different sessions from Rhyme Time to Holiday Fun for audiences including under-fives, seven plus and children up to 12 years in age will feature in August.
 
Special events include taking part on 6-7th September in the 150th anniversary celebrations of Cleveland ironstone mining at the museum. The animateurs will be entertaining adults and children on the 1949 United single decker bus coming to the museum.
 
Michael Kinder, who is the Big Lottery Fund co-ordinator at Redcar & Cleveland College said, “The Big Lottery sponsorship of the community animateurs means that more and more children and their parents are learning that reading is fantastic fun.
“The animateurs working their magic on the weekend of the 6/7 will dazzle the passengers with their tales of ‘Tommy the Trappy Lad’, ‘The Skinningrove Merman’ and ‘Sarkless Kitty’.
 
“A special animateur event has also been planned for 23 August at Redcar Central Library which involves the talented local harpist Sarah Paterson performing harp story telling sessions at 10.00am and 11.15am. This is a truly magical experience for children and their parents.”
 
Information on the library sessions is available at the following libraries: Brotton, Ormesby, Saltburn, Laburnum, Roseberry, South Bank, Guisborough, Grangetown, Dormanstown and Redcar.
 
At all the events, details on Redcar & Cleveland College courses will be available and parents will be able to pick up a £5 book token at the new college when they enquire about courses.
 
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Tourism, Councillor Sheelagh Clarke said: “Being able to show some of our heritage through the animations is a wonderful way to educate children and their families. These are fantastic events and really give everyone something to enjoy.”
 
 

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