• Storytelling Conference 2015
• Storytelling Performance - Celtic Cauldron

• Storytelling Conference 2015

Welcome to the third annual Storytelling Conference for teachers, librarians and parents.

When we tell stories to children – or indeed to adults – we are helping to develop their listening skills, broaden their imagination, and encouraging them to express themselves in different ways. There is no 'right way' of telling a story, and no 'wrong way' either – there are just the words and the mind-pictures the story creates working their magic and opening eyes to new and different ways of 'seeing'.

Exposure to stories shows language skills 'live', building familiarity and enhancing fluency in both teller and listener. And all this has the added value of laying the foundation for reading.

This year, we are proud to present our keynote speaker, Michael Harvey, one of the leading contemporary European storytellers, at our Storytelling Conference 2015 on Saturday October 31st and Saturday November 7th.

Through the conference, Michael and the professional storytelling trainers will share the skills you need to create a fun and interactive learning experience for your students, bring stories to life to benefit your pupils' listening and learning, their understanding of the story, their verbal proficiency and literary creativity.

Like the 200+ participants in past two years who learnt the tools at our successful conferences, this year is your chance to discover the power and gift of storytelling.

If, through Storytelling, we can help our students, friends and family to enjoy a wide use of language, and encourage them to explore cultural differences and similarities, then we will have given them a key to the wider world. Now we invite them [and you] in...

Thank you for joining us at the Storytelling Conference 2015!

About Michael Harvey:

Michael Harvey is acknowledged as one of the leading contemporary European storytellers and travels the world telling tales and teaching others. He tells stories from around the world and has a core Celtic repertoire with many stories from his homeland, Wales.

As a performer Michael has received many commissions and cultural prizes including the coveted Major Creative Wales Award. As an educator he has taught widely from primary classrooms to university departments and examples of his methods and practice appear in a number of publications (e.g. in Creativity in the Classroom by Alane Starko and Tell the World by Margaret Read MacDonald)

Michael recently published Celtic Folktales from Wales on amazon and will be telling stories from the Welsh oral tradition in the British Museum as part of the exhibition Celts:art and identity.

Objective:

Professional development for teachers, educators, librarians and parents. However, anyone who is interested in storytelling as an art form or who works with children may join.

Venue:

• Law Ting Pong Secondary School
  8 Ma Chung Road, Tai Po, New Territories (10 mins walk from Tai Po Market Station)
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Fee:

• HK$600 for 2-day conference
• HK$350 for 1-day conference

Special Discount:

• Early Bird Registration : 10% off for registration on or before 15th October 2015

Dates and Times:

• 31st October (Saturday) 10:00a.m. - 5:10 p.m.
• 7th November (Saturday) 10:00a.m. - 5:30p.m.

Registration Deadline:

• 6th November 2015

Payment method:

• Method 1

  Please visit http://www.cp1897.com.hk/activity.php?id=1222 for online registration.

• Method 2

  Please send the completed Registration Form together with a crossed cheque (payable to The Commercial Press (H.K.) Ltd.), with each participant's name and contact number on the back, to Blooming Club, The Commercial Press (H.K.) Ltd, 9/F, Eastern Central Plaza, 3 Yiu Hong Road, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong. (the postmark date on the envelope will be regarded as the date of registration)
  • Unsuccessful applicants will receive a refund cheque by post on or before 9 December, 2015.
  • The fee is non-refundable for NO-SHOWS.

Your registration will be confirmed by email, within 3 working days after receipt.

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Fiona Chiu at 2976 6605 or by email at: fionachiu@commercialpress.com.hk