{"id":607,"date":"2025-06-12T18:20:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/?page_id=607"},"modified":"2025-06-12T19:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:10:58","slug":"schools-and-libraries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/index.php\/schools-and-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools and Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The shows below don&#8217;t require a conventional theatre space and can be toured to libraries or schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can also offer puppet making and puppetry workshops, head to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/index.php\/workshops\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"525\">Workshops<\/a><\/em> page to find out more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-top-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:840px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-contrast-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-37\" alt=\"A woman stood next to a small landscape fabricated inside a suitcase. She was captured mid-drilling, with a large cartoonish drill in her hands, and a yellow hardhat on her head. She has a serious expression on her face.\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-giant-who-slept-for-ten-thousand-years_photo-by-sian-herbert.jpg\" style=\"object-position:0% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"0% 100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-giant-who-slept-for-ten-thousand-years_photo-by-sian-herbert.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-giant-who-slept-for-ten-thousand-years_photo-by-sian-herbert-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-giant-who-slept-for-ten-thousand-years_photo-by-sian-herbert-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-giant-who-slept-for-ten-thousand-years_photo-by-sian-herbert-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xx-large-font-size wp-elements-ded12c9bf9c0b2d968601c44236da292\"><em>The Giant Who Slept For<\/em> <em>Ten Thousand Years<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a394842b9aec8997536c69d54b060178\">A storytelling puppet show in a suitcase show for 3+<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Self-contained, flexible set up &#8211; it fits in a classroom or a corner of a library.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links to the national curriculum on Key Stages 1-2 English, History, PSHE and Geography. Its main themes:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of mining and industrialisation,<br>human impact on the environment,<br>climate change and natural disasters,<br>displacement, mental wellbeing,<br>Swedish folk mythology.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/index.php\/the-giant-who-slept-for-ten-thousand-years\/\"><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:282px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\"><em>Six Long Legs<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">A visual theatre show for 5+<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-contained but requires 4m by 4m floor space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the creative process, we partnered with a Year 3-4 class at High Bickington Primary School in North Devon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We held a workshop to trial minibeast-themed activities requiring collaboration and imagination and returned with the work-in-progress to gain their feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--2\">Links to the national curriculum on Key Stages 1-2 Science. Its themes:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pollination, how flies perceive time, the effect of insecticides on pollinators, complete metamorphosis,<br>how insect body parts are adapted to their functionality and environments, how bees navigate,<br>invertebrate survival skills.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/index.php\/hopeful-monster\/\"><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beeflowers-crop-option-1920x1080-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beeflowers-crop-option-1920x1080-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beeflowers-crop-option-1920x1080-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beeflowers-crop-option-1920x1080-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beeflowers-crop-option-1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/beeflowers-crop-option-1920x1080-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photos by Dave Keightley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1264\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fly-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-617\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fly-edited.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fly-edited-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fly-edited-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fly-edited-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fly-edited-500x527.jpg 500w, https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fly-edited-800x844.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1264px) 100vw, 1264px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-display is-style-text-display--3\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Any questions? <br><a href=\"https:\/\/borimezopuppetry.co.uk\/index.php\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"220\">Feel free to reach out.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shows below don&#8217;t require a conventional theatre space and can be toured to libraries or schools. 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