Complete Teacher Training Guide:
Nurture language development through creative engagement: Encourage your EYFS/Year 1 class to express their imagination with an inclusive, child-led approach.
Helicopter Stories On Demand is a comprehensive online training programme, crafted specifically to introduce and implement Helicopter Stories in your educational setting, suitable for children aged 2 to 7 years. Our approach leverages the power of storytelling to foster significant improvements in communication and language, inclusivity, and emotional development.
View Programme details below:
You can pay for Helicopter Stories on Demand either by invoice, or online. Click on a button below.
Programme Highlights:
- Extensive Access: One year of on-demand professional development available 24/7 to fit your schedule.
- Rich Content: Delivered in concise, manageable units by Trisha Lee, featuring real classroom interactions of children ages 2-7 engaging with Helicopter Stories, to guide your learning.
- Interactive Learning: Each module includes videos (10-15 minutes long), downloadable resources, and practical tasks that ensure a thorough understanding and immediate application.
- Comprehensive Curriculum: Covers essential topics like Grammar, Emergent Writing, Special Educational Needs, and more, with a focus on the practical implementation of storytelling in education.
With Helicopter Stories, many things can happen all at once on a whole-class level, sparking creativity and engaging everyone in individual learning and development journeys like this:
Charlotte conjures a beautiful, elegant princess from her imagination and scribes it into a unique story. She confidently acts it out while other children watch, enthralled by the creativity on display in the classroom.
Amelia is inspired by the performance, sparking a “wow” moment. She’s learned something new from observing and listening to Charlotte, including a word Amelia wants to use and explore further in her story.
While Charlotte performs her princess tale, Mrs. Palmer spots Harry’s reaction. She recognises how Harry is demonstrating a newfound confidence and understanding of Charlotte’s story, specifically the vocabulary she is using and mimicking her movements. This stands out to Mrs. Palmer because it usually takes Harry longer to apply instructions to action in a less interactive activity — but he’s really going for it now!
Throughout this online course, MakeBelieve Arts reflects on the power of Helicopter Stories and the impact it has on children aged 2 – 7. Incorporating video footage of children engaged in Helicopter Stories, we share our experiences and anecdotes on this incredible approach.
To hear more about the benefits of Helicopter Stories, listen to our Podcast – Growing Storytellers, available wherever you normally listen to podcasts.
Transform Your Teaching with Helicopter Stories:
- Enhance Language Skills: Dramatically improve the speech and vocabulary of EYFS/Year 1 children.
- Foster Inclusivity: Tailored approaches that benefit SEND and EAL learners, ensuring every child is included.
- Boost Confidence & Engagement: Watch as children become more engaged and confident through the joy of storytelling.
Pricing:
Train up to four members of your team for £395
Within 24 hours of purchasing the course, we will send you an email requesting the names and email addresses of your team. Once these are provided we will set up individual logins.
If you require additional logins please see pricing below:
Please note: Logins can only be shared with the staff at your own school. We monitor this strictly as each one year license is linked to an individual school or setting.
- £475 (5 logins)
- £675 (9 logins)
- £540 (6 logins)
- £700 (10 logins)
- £595 (7 logins)
- £770 (11 logins)
- £640 (8 logins)
- £840 (12 logins)
You can pay for Helicopter Stories on Demand either by invoice, or online. Click on a button below.
Ready to Transform Your Classroom? Explore the magic of Helicopter Stories and see the difference it can make in your educational setting. For more information on getting started or to request additional pricing details, please reach out via email at info@helicopterstories.co.uk.
Programme Includes
- 27 Lessons
- 25 Topics
- Programme Certificate
Ratings and Reviews
Emma Disbury
The training is really engaging and well-structured. It is really clear without being patronising and it is so easy to go straight in and put into practise everything you learn. There are so many really lovely anecdotes and 'light-bulb moments'. I have only been running helicopter stories for a short time with my class but they absolutely love it!
Jane Pepler
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The content was incredibly inspiring and made me want to start up Helicopter Stories in my setting the very same day! And the delivery was very clear and user friendly. Thank you!
Angela Milton
Honestly, I really enjoyed this course, i felt every question was answered and the content was exactly what the course stated. I really enjoyed getting my teeth into Helicopter Stories, I had an insight into HS in a school setting before and saw the results working in front of me. Now with 2-4 year old, still imagination is welcomed within the nursery. Thank you
Tanja Frank
The course content is broken into small, but rich chapters, all of which contain a video plus tasks and materials. To be honest: I love the videos. Trisha is a wonderful story teller herself and an avid advocate for her cause. The possibility to access any part of the course at any time for a year allows to use it to ones own needs. (Well understandable also for non native speakers.)
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Ryan Thompson
I found this course very helpful. I now feel confident enough to deliver the stories in the best way possible.
Dan
Great to do the course. Very inspiring. We are now using Helicopter stories, story basket and poetry basket in class and the children love them all. Thanks
Kim Campbell
The course is simple to follow and the tips are really useful. Our children have really engaged with helicopter stories and can't wait to do it again each week. We have seen them starting to emerge as story tellers.
Sarah Verrall
The most informative and easily accessible courses to use in the classroom and see the children so engaged.
Julie Maggs
I really like the way this course was broken down and allows you to revisit anything you want to watch again.
I am thoroughly excited to begin helicopter stories, the training was just super and covered all bases. I loved that inclusive practise was thought carefully about, enabling preverbal children and those with educational needs to share their creatively and voices. Thankyou Trisha and Isla for sharing this lovely opportunity with us practitioners, and the children that we work with with!