Step inside a much-loved story in an interactive show to help The Jolly Postman deliver the post for fairy tale characters.
About the show
Step inside the much-loved story by Janet and Allan Ahlberg in this lively literacy mission to help The Jolly Postman collect, sort and deliver the post. This interactive performance brings fairy-tale land to life in a series of magical deliveries. Pupils become a team of jolly posties using postal props, song, rhyme and Makaton signs to experience the magic of sending and receiving letters, parcels and postcards. The show is designed to support literacy learning and connects to topics across the curriculum.
Key Stage / Year Groups:
Reception, KS1 and SEND
Relevant areas of the National Curriculum:
- Literacy
- PSHE
- Understanding the World
- Communication and Language
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About the pupil workshops
This workshop puts the fictional story into a real-life context. At the end of the performance, the pupils receive a mystery delivery revealing their next mission. Back in the classroom, jolly posties put what they have learned into action to sort and send letters at sorting stations. The workshop introduces pupils to various kinds of post, develops reading and writing skills and understanding of writing for different purposes. At the end, pupils will write their own letters or postcards for The Jolly Postman.
Teacher twilight CPD
Led by Rosie Tells Tales, Schools and Early Years Programme Producer at The Postal Museum and an experienced storyteller and learning producer, this CPD provides a taster of the performance and the opportunities to link postal themes and creative literacy learning. Teachers will build a toolkit of approaches for a class topic based on the book.
This CPD can accommodate the whole staff team.
About The Postal Museum
The Postal Museum tells the story of postal communication and its impact on a global society. We deliver first class learning experiences that connect to our collections and ensure stories around communication are relevant, inspiring and inclusive.
