Christina Pappas hears them out
Tapping in to a young child's deepest thoughts is one of the most difficult tasks an adult can face. But under a new programme children as young as nine are helping their younger peers express what they're feeling through a process of storytelling and acting.
The Peer Group Education Programme was set up in Myatt Garden Primary School, Lewisham, London, to allow the school's Year 6 pupils to work with the nursery children developing their listening, language and creative storytelling skills.
Trisha Lee, artistic director at new theatre and education company MakeBelieve Arts, spent five weeks last spring training Year 6 pupils for the storytelling classes.
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