by Julie Turner | Mar 17, 2019 | What's Happening
Today (17th March) is St Patrick’s Day. St Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland, credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. He’s a reminder that one man can make a difference to an entire nation. St Patrick’s Day nowadays...
by Julie Turner | Mar 17, 2019 | What's Happening
The Enormous Turnip is not one of the better-known fairytales; I only first encountered it when I was teaching French, as it had been translated into French as a resource for teaching younger children the vocabulary for vegetables and animals! This simply story is of...
by Julie Turner | Mar 15, 2019 | What's Happening
Fairytales act as fuel for the imagination. In them, we have a fantasy world of fairy godmothers and wicked witches; we have carriages conjured up from pumpkins; we have a world where nothing is impossible. That in itself is a vivid reminder to us that there is more...
by Julie Turner | Mar 14, 2019 | What's Happening
Fairytales are often criticised for focussing on love stories and for painting an unrealistic picture of romantic love (always between a beautiful woman in need of rescue by a handsome prince.) We’ve seen that that story in itself is a parable, for the church is...
by Julie Turner | Mar 13, 2019 | What's Happening
Virtually the first film I can remember watching was Disney’s ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’ I can remember being terrified by the wicked stepmother in that film and feeling her raw jealousy as the mirror responded to her question ‘Mirror,...
by Julie Turner | Mar 13, 2019 | What's Happening
‘Sleeping Beauty’ is another classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, a sleeping enchantment and a handsome prince. In this story, the celebrations at the birth of a princess are ruined when an evil fairy curses her, saying that when she pricks...
