Bayards Hill Story Project

A wheeled black case with a monitor, projector and lighting effects on the top.

Immersive Sensory CIC Project

Immersive Sensory (Immersive) and Over and Above the Line (OAL) ran this project together at Bayards Hill School in Oxford in 2017. The results of this collaboration led to the setting up of Immersive Tales. The workshop was supported by funding from the Big Lottery Fund.

Immersive put together a trolley of sensory equipment that was used alongside OAL’s workshop techniques to provide a story writing project at the school.

Feedback

At the end of the project we asked the children to give us some feedback on various aspects of the project. Some of their comments are shown below. We have edited for spelling and grammar where appropriate.

Beams of coloured light stream from a small half globe light on the floor.

What did you like best about the Sensory equipment?

  • It was amazing and fun.
  • I liked the special effects like the sound and the lighting.
  • It was different I liked it so much.
  • It was different, I liked it is so creative.

What did you like best about story writing?

  • We could write what we imagined. 
  • It was fun and I could finally get creative.
  • I liked it when we had to read it out loud.
  • I got to make up my own story.
  • I got to read it out in class.
Boy with a pen in his hand looks up as if thinking or imagining what he will be writing

What did you like least about story writing?

  • It made my hand hurt.
  • The pain in your hand. 
  • I loved everything. 
  • Nothing.

Will you write more stories? 

  • Yes (x9)
  • Maybe (x2)
  • No (x1)
  • Yes a lot! 
  • Yes, I would write more stories, I love stories.

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