To celebrate National Storytelling Week 2026, the UKLA Storytelling Special Interest Group is offering a CPD event for teachers and other education professionals who want to make oral storytelling part of their classroom practice and encourage learners in their own storytelling.

This event is facilitated by Alastair K Daniel (storyteller and consultant) and Tracy Parvin (literacy consultant) and we are welcoming Liz Weir MBE as our guest speaker.

Liz is a storyteller and writer from Northern Ireland with an international reputation and expertise in bringing children’s literature to life. In 2019 Liz was awarded an MBE for her services to the arts and to education.

In this training, we will explore how, through storytelling, we can:

•  Connect reading and spoken language
•  Foster a love of story
•  Support fluency and expression in reading
•  Create a language-rich environment
•  Develop ownership of texts