Story Valley students publish school newspaper
Students from a range of subjects at Srednja medijska in grafična šola created a newspaper, having researched real-life stories of refugees to Slovenia.
On Tuesday 10th May, the students taking part in Story Valley at Srednja medijska in grafična šola in Ljubljana presented their special issue of the school newspaper Pixel. Over the course of their Story Valley journey, the students in Ljubljana have been learning more about the lives, stories and histories of people who have sought refuge in Slovenia, coinciding with the commemoration of thirty years since the start of the Bosnian War which saw many people move from Bosnia to Slovenia.
Here you find the art work from the students participating in Story Valley Academy projects all over Europe. Their work varies from films, books, newspapers, music, plays and even the complete brand identity of Story Valley Academy self.
Take a look and get inspired to start your own project.
Story Valley; Logo Presentations; Brand Identity; Students in the lead;
Story Valley Logo Presentations
'We're Aw Jock Tamson's Bairns' - Story Valley Project Concert
"We're Aw Jock Tamson's Bairns: As part of the Storyvalley project, Edinburgh College music students write and perform songs exploring the feelings, thoughts and experiences that bring us together as human beings."
Greenwood - Robin Hood @ Scottish International Storytelling Festival
In collaboration with Scottish Storytelling Centre, and as part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, acting and performance students from Edinburgh College took part in an intensive development process then performed Greenwood - Robin Hood in 4 unique locations around Edinburgh in October 2022.
The students attended a workshop from a professional journalist Kristina Božič. This was a part of the project "Zgodilo se je čisto blizu nas" at Ljubljana Multimedia and Graphic Technology Secondary School in collaboration with Ljubljana UNESCO City of Literature marking the 30th anniversary of the beginning of war and the arrival of BiH migrants to Slovenia.
Journalism workshop at SMGŠ
A Heart Is Less Broken (When It Rains) - Song from Story Valley Project
Edinburgh College Music students did a Story Valley project for their Songwriting unit. The theme of the project was "We're Aw Jock Tamson's Bairns" and the band 'Arthur Hill' said of this song: 'The song was about the Story Valley project theme of everyone being united and ultimately being the same, and also about relationships and the process of healing.'
Story Valley, Leeuwarden
Story Valley Leeuwarden
The students attended a workshop from a professional journalist Kristina Božič. This was a part of the project "Zgodilo se je čisto blizu nas" at Ljubljana Multimedia and Graphic Technology Secondary School in collaboration with Ljubljana UNESCO City of Literature marking the 30th anniversary of the beginning of war and the arrival of BiH migrants to Slovenia.
Mieszko The Dragon book
King of cherries
This project was made by students from Friesland College (the Netherlands), Edinburgh College (Scotland) and Srednja Medijska in Grafična Sola Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Students told stories from their own culture and hit on one that they all enjoyed – the story of the ‘king of cherries’ who was said to live in a castle near to one of the students, and throw cherries at his attackers.
The students combined their different skills to create a short, comical, film reinterpreting the old story.
Carnivaland - song and website
This project was made by students from Friesland College (the Netherlands), Edinburgh College (Scotland) and Srednja Medijska in Grafična Sola Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Students came together and found a common thread between their three cultures – ‘Carnival’ celebrations.
Each student had different qualities and they all went to different schools with different specialisms. They decided that they wanted to make something which related to all these differences. So they made a website (two students were web developers), and they made a song that they wanted to perform and film the performance to be put on this website (two students were filmmakers/editors).
'Run Yer Ain Race' by Gerry Campbell
A song written by HND Music student Gerry Campbell at Edinburgh College as part of a Story Valley pilot project.
The project was based around the concept of 'We're Aw Jock Tamson's Bairns' which is a Scots saying meaning 'we're all the same'. The class used the Story Valley approach to develop lyrics in Scots, or in the student's chosen language, and write a song based on these lyrics. This performance is taken from Discover Story Valley, an event to showcase and share the Story Valley model at The Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh, in January 2023