{"id":28718,"date":"2025-01-17T17:34:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=28718"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:34:59","slug":"introducing-helicopter-stories-%f0%9f%9a%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/01\/17\/introducing-helicopter-stories-%f0%9f%9a%81\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing helicopter stories \ud83d\ude81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Helicopter stories allows children to become familiar with the role of being an author, illustrator, actor, character, audience and performing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/01\/17\/introducing-helicopter-stories-%f0%9f%9a%81\/4d7ff3a8-b087-449f-a759-3b78632014d7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-rotated.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1736849547&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28713\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082025\/4D7FF3A8-B087-449F-A759-3B78632014D7-rotated.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The start of the process is to use their imagination to think of their story and support can be given to scribe, introducing the concept of being an author and \u2018writing\u2019 their own story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/01\/17\/introducing-helicopter-stories-%f0%9f%9a%81\/29827635-f20f-4c56-b3ea-59414860744f\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1736849290&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28715\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082103\/29827635-F20F-4C56-B3EA-59414860744F.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next follows the role of becoming the \u2018illustrator\u2019 creating a picture to go along with their story\u2026.developing their mark making skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28756\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/01\/17\/introducing-helicopter-stories-%f0%9f%9a%81\/blog-jan-25\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blog jan 25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28756\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/17172738\/blog-jan-25.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next we have to move the furniture and create our stage for the children to perform, introducing the concept of a stage and where the audience should sit to support and watch their friends perform.<\/p>\n<p>As the children perform, we can introduce the concept of characters and their friends are there as the audience,\u00a0 if they need any help and support telling their story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/01\/17\/introducing-helicopter-stories-%f0%9f%9a%81\/b13b0176-bd2b-4b6b-96d9-3e4d753be944\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1736245375&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28717\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a story about \u2018A crabby crab\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28714\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/01\/17\/introducing-helicopter-stories-%f0%9f%9a%81\/bd377ab5-3607-4768-884f-5ecfb746f841\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-rotated.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1736849452&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28714\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082100\/BD377AB5-3607-4768-884F-5ECFB746F841-rotated.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a performance about a \u2018turtle\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Children are excited to create their stories and gain confidence in performing for their friends. We can change the process slightly for our younger children. \u00a0We are developing our literacy skills and using our imaginations to create wonderful stories \ud83e\udd70\ud83e\udd70\ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n<p>Article 28 You have the right to an education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helicopter stories allows children to become familiar with the role of being an author, illustrator, actor, character, audience and performing. The start of the process is to use their imagination to think of their story and support can be given to scribe, introducing the concept of being an author and \u2018writing\u2019 their own story. Next &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2025\/01\/17\/introducing-helicopter-stories-%f0%9f%9a%81\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Introducing helicopter stories \ud83d\ude81<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35105,"featured_media":28717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447273,2508,189],"tags":[446775,9125,447399],"class_list":["post-28718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creativity","category-expressive-arts","category-literacy","tag-helicopter-stories-imagination-story-telling","tag-creativity","tag-performance-author-illustrator"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/cartmill\/uploads\/sites\/13750\/2025\/01\/15082111\/B13B0176-BD2B-4B6B-96D9-3E4D753BE944.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28718"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28757,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28718\/revisions\/28757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}