The document summarizes a recent successful two-day dinosaur-themed event at The Green Dragon for children aged 3-13, as well as Storytime's participation in the recent Purley Festival. It outlines plans to offer more regular Storytime events throughout the year, including themes for upcoming August and September Storytimes, developing separate areas and activities for younger and older children, and creating a Storytime website. The author expresses thanks to volunteers and attendees who helped make recent events fun.

1. Dinosaurs at The Green Dragon!
Hello from Jenny! This was a great event with dinosaur
It’s the summer holidays, the sun is shining stories and arts activities attended by
and as I’m writing this, Olympic rowers children aged 3-13 across two full days.
Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins Thank you to Esther and all the staff at The
have just won Gold at Eton Dorney! I’m Green Dragon, to Gemma Symonds and
feeling inspired…. Charlotte Gee for volunteering to help run
the sessions and thank you to all the
It’s been an interesting couple of months children who came and made the
for Storytime. Here’s what we’ve been up sessions so much fun. We turned upstairs
to and where we are heading. at The Green Dragon into a prehistoric
land and then made dinosaurs, acted out
Jubilee knickers! stories, designed comics, saved the Earth
I was not well the week we did a Jubilee from marauding Space Dinosaurs and
special and could not run Storytime but made exploding prehistoric volcanoes!
some of you came along and got busy
reading, ‘The Queen’s knickers’ designing
some royal knickers for the Queen. Ruby
sent me her son Dylan’s design. I think
they are very fetching and would go
down a treat at garden parties and
potentially for wearing over Royal Blue
tights in true Superhero fashion :o)
Dylan’s design
Purley Festival
We had a great time in the ‘Enchanted
Wood’ area of the festival which took
place in Rotary Field, Purley. I met new
children and families and some more
people added their name to the
Storytime mailing list. Children enjoyed
making dinosaurs left over from our
brilliant Dinosaur event. PTO

2. Activities: I have had some great
suggestions for themes and crafts from
Developing Storytime. parents. I’ve incorporated some of these
From your feedback we know you enjoy into coming weeks:
the relaxed atmosphere of the regular
Saturday Storytimes but also like the
events. So, alongside the regular Saturday August/ September:
Storytime we would like to offer more Storytime dates and activities
Storytime events for children and young Sat 4th Sporty stories and crafts
people throughout the year, mainly in August
school holidays which may involve: Sat 11th Olympic Themed
• a home grown idea such as the August stories and crafts. We’ll
Dinosaur event we have already have our own Olympic
had Closing ceremony.
• visits from children’s authors and Sat 18th Pirates!
accompanying sessions August
• performances and storytelling Sat 25th Jenny away but Storytime
workshops August still happening. Theme
:Under the sea
Different age groups: Sat 1st Cars , Trains, boats and
On the Saturdays I would like to create September planes
two distinct areas, one for younger Sat 8th A trip to Space!
children, one for older children, this way September Spaceships and Aliens
older children can come along with their Sat 15 th Witches and wizards
younger siblings but still enjoy a bit of September
independence. If you are interested in Sat 22nd Down in the jungle
helping me develop the area for older September
children please contact me. The older Sat 29th Roald Dahl day
area will run at the same time, between 1 September
and 3pm.
Storytime website
I am putting together a separate website
for Storytime, which will be a link from the Remember, you can bring your own
main Green Dragon website. You will be books! If you have books at home you
able to download any missed newsletters, are happy to bring along and share,
see articles, pictures, news etc. I’ll let you please do, especially books that fit into
know when this is up and running. Please our themes. Craft activity ideas are also
email me any info you think I could very welcome.
include, or stories your children have
written, pictures etc.
See you at Storytime soon!
Jenny :o)
greendragonstorytime@gmail.com
Next Storytime Event
I would like to organise an author visit
for October Half term and I will get you
details of this as soon as I have them.
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