Welcome to our Library of Stories. Please click on the story title to read Chapter 1.
These are collaborative story openings created by school groups and community groups.
Each participant writes their own Chapter 2.
Word Warriors learned two folklore stories with Janice Witherspoon from Armstrong Storytelling Trust
The Story of Ailsa Craig and Molly and the Leprechaun. They drew illustrations to help remember the picture and then retold the stories brilliantly to the whole group.
Strandtown Primary School, Ms Johnston's P4
16th March 2023
A 100 Years Project workshop
There was a girl called Violet who had a horse that she could speak to! She had everything she wanted, except a diary. So she went down to the woods, and said to a fox, “Okay big guy, please can I have a diary”...
Strandtown Primary School, Ms McLaughlin's P4
15th March 2023
A 100 Years Project workshop
The time capsule was found in the garden of Strandtown Primary School, under a tree.
A 17 year old guy called Frank was a garden cleaner at the school. He was working in the garden and he found it. He was very excited and he ran back into the school.
He told Ms Honeybee that there was a random box in the school garden. Ms Honeybee said, “Stop being silly, there are no boxes outside!”...
Joe had a little boy who was very lonely and he wanted to give him something for his birthday. He really wanted his little boy to be happy. He didn’t have any money because he had given it all to charity...
To see it’s iron surface,
With powder hovering around it.
We jump out of the car,
we had so much fun
And I’m starting to get tired.
Where can we go next?...
When the Toy Master was escaping he stepped on a twig and it alerted the whole school. Everyone grabbed their pencils and started chasing him.
Belly was in the family. She was Enid’s sister. Everyday Enid would practice her singing and play her recorder. Enid and her sister were so good that they could make up a band. Enid and her sister were both 17. They were twins. Hammy heard about their band plan. She found a way of getting out of the cage and stole their trumpet while the sisters were in the kitchen baking cupcakes.
‘Nearly there!’ said Bob.
They came from The Bethany Chip Shop. They had been eating too many chips and said “I’m full, let’s go hiking to get into shape.” They decided to go there because they saw something strange on top of it. The strange sight was also in the news. It was big but he looked like a sandwich...
Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Molly. She was in her house looking at houses on her mummy’s phone. She was having breakfast. The night before, the frog from her garden tried to open the door with his tongue. He managed to get in by unlocking the door. He crept into Molly’s room and into her bed. Molly was shocked!
