As part of the Everything is Connected season in partnership with the Cultural Programme at the University of Oxford, The Story Museum collaborated with three of the UK’s top children’s authors to imagine a brighter future. Leading writers Patience Agbabi, Piers Torday and Sita Brahmachari each created a short story that shows their visions of the future.
As part of the project the lead, writers ran workshops inviting and inspiring people to write their own stories about the future. Lots of people sent in their wonderful imaginings and at special celebratory event in November 2023 the authors read their own stories and the contributions to the project. You can listen to some of those stories here:
Everything is Connected: Story Readings by Sita Brahmachari
Thank you to all the contributors who to took part in this project and to our partner schools: Spires School, Greyfriars Catholic School and The Swan School,
You can download the authors stories below, together with the accompanying learning packs, and get your KS2 and KS3 students writing short stories of their own!
There's also an additional resource with links to a video and learning resource in which academics from the University of Oxford invite you to explore the natural world on your doorstep to discover how ‘everything is connected’.
For these resources, we have selected particularly effective oral stories from our 1001 Stories Collection. These stories come from a range of traditions and cultures, telling ancient and wise truths about humankind.
The accompanying resource packs explore key themes in PSHE and English areas of study in the National Curriculum for England for KS1 and KS2. They can be easily adapted to courses in other areas.
Click on each title to be linked to a retelling of the story and a free download of a full 4-part lesson plan for both KS1 and KS2.