How it works
We've got storytelling down to an art - let's walk you through our process
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Discovery Meeting
When schools reach out, you'll be invited for a discovery meeting. This is to ascertain if a school is ready for the project and if they have the makings of a story. At this point we make a plan about starting or 'getting ready', or we make a plan as to how to get your school to the right stage for a project.
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'Join the Dots' Meeting
We begin researching the story by gathering all the evidence together, what do we know, what do we want to say and what do we need to find out? We answer the question: What is it that the children of this place need to know?
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Research and Writing
Our creative team gets to work sorting and researching information for the story. They add to local stories, research via museums, open source government documents, local archives and whatever, wherever and with whoever the research pathway takes them. Our writer comes up with a 'first draft' of the story to present to the stakeholders group. Then we begin the collaborative process of editing, writing and checking information.
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Illustration
Once we’ve co-created your local story, we engage an illustrator to visually bring it to life. We offer flexible options:
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Work with a local artist from your community (we can connect them with our lead illustrator for guidance)
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Use one of our professional illustrators from our brilliantly talented team
The stakeholders group are given 'sketches' to approve and when the final illustrations are complete, they are able to offer feedback and request a round of edits. We keep the process simple, collaborative and community-focused every step of the way.
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Story Translated
If you have wanted to add resources to your basket that support other languages (ie AusLan, Mandarin, Afrikaans, Hindi) - Then we set about getting this done for you. Our team collaborates with local language experts to create quality assured, authentic, curriculum-aligned resources tailored to your needs!
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School Approval
We then send everything back to the school to approve with their community. Here we make any further revisions before finalising the resources.
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Resources Created
Now we have a story and a set of 8 images, the our team set about creating your assets. Depending on what you decide to add to your resources, we source the experts and pull this together for you.
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School Launch
This can look however you want! A teacher meeting, a stakeholder celebration, a book launch, or sharing at your school wide jubilee, we work on this together, get dates in and plan for the launch of the story.
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Curriculum Integration
Your school will be given access to these resources via their password protected portal. We also provide a range of integration support tools for teachers and leaders.
Expand Resources
Loving your story? Do you want additional resources that can help you integrate your project into every element of your curriculum? Do your team need support to integrate? Do you want to check in about the efficacy of your integration? Have you learned something new you want to add or change? Do you want another story? You are part of our family now so it's an easy process!