richardaustin2012

Shott Stories

Education EN ↓ 31 episodes

A podcast for primary school children, teachers, or anyone who’s struggling for ideas for their stories. Join Richard and the children of Grayshott CE Primary School as they produce ideas from thin air that YOU can go on to ponder, develop, write, forget, or use any way you see fit. From mystery to adventure, from science fiction to fantasy, you’ll get a new idea every week. email your ideas to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk

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richardaustin2012

Episodes

Episode 6 - Jack's Great Bildungsroman (Part 2) 04.12.2024 23:28

Ivy, Haydon, Polly and I complete the tale of Jack Ford while showing a complete lack of understanding of the sanitation facilities of Victorian London. Will he be reunited with his mother? Will he escape the clutches of the evil Edward Bartholomew? Will Lily be safe in the clock tower of Big Ben? Listen and find out. email your writing and ideas to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk

Episode 5 - Jack Ford's Great Bildungsroman (Part 1) 26.11.2024 21:53

Ivy, Polly, Haydon and I get to grips with something completely different - a bildungsroman. You'll have to listen to find out what that is, but we make one up! It's the tale of poor Victorian orphan Jack Ford and his escape from the harsh treatment of Mr Edward Bartholomew to the streets of London. Send us your ideas to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk before we conclude the tale next week.

Episode 4 - Space Heist 21.11.2024 21:33

Cian, Haydon, Polly and I are off to Solar System B3X, via New Jersey. Join us as we invent the story of bioengineer Ryan Edwards and his plan to hijack a weapons shipment bound for an alien world. Can he do it? Will he save the aliens? Will we be able to think up good names for his accomplices? Listen and find out. If you want to write a bit of this story, then email it to us at shottstories@gray...

Episode 3 - Lucy Lavender Investigates (Part 2) 14.11.2024 23:28

Cian, Ivy, Polly and I continue with the story of Lucy Lavender and how she and her friends uncover the schemes of Professor Grimwood. There are kidnappings, secret passageways, false friends, and a happy-ish resolution. Yay, we made it! email your ideas to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk

Episode 2 - Lucy Lavender Investigates (Part 1) 06.11.2024 22:41

In our second episode, we dream up the Crossworth Academy (a rural secondary independent school in the English countryside) and its newest pupil, outspoken New Yorker Lucy Lavender. She investigates a mystery surrounding the kidnapping of the Head teacher's brother and his attempts to raise money for the ransom through the school budget. Email ideas to shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk

Episode 1 - Favourite Stories and Edward Paul in the Jungles of Madagascar 25.10.2024 20:51

Welcome to Shott Stories, the podcast where we make up stories. Every week we pick a genre and make up a story that you can use for inspiration in your writing. One week it could be mystery, then it could be epic fantasy. Every week, something new. This is our first ever episode and the first time any of us have done this, so we found our way through our favourite stories and then concocted the ta...