World Storytelling Day 2025

Once upon a time, a long time ago (well, actually, back in 1991 in Sweden), a Storytelling Day was held. The ethos behind this event caught on around the globe, and now we celebrate World Storytelling Day on an international level.

The aim of World Storytelling Day is to celebrate the art of oral storytelling, with as many people as possible around the world telling and listening to stories in their own languages
on the same day.

The theme last year was Building Bridges.

This year the theme was...

Deep Water...

Thameside decided to celebrate World Storytelling Day 2025 by first of all sharing the book 'The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish' by Chloe Savage and then the children then worked in small groups or on their own to re-tell the tale or create their own versions. The best storytellers from each KS2 class then visited a younger class for some storytelling magic! 

Can you use the story map we created to retell the tale or even your own wonderful version?!