Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Putting puppetry into primary literacy (15 May 2004) The headteacher's name is Mrs Sneaky Peeky, the head of science is a mad professor with designs on total school domination, the dinner lady is evil and covered in spots, and Mr Allsorts the caretaker still hasn't caught up with Harry Weird, the mutated mouse responsible for stealing children's homework from their bags. Poor Rosie, with her Viking plaits and red cheeks, seems like the only normal person in the whole school. Except that, like the others, Rosie is a puppet designed and made by pupils at Headley Park primary School in Bristol, in a project that has seen boys and girls from two year groups working together with professional puppeteers. And they insist the puppets are not based on their real school - although the caretaker may well earn the nickname Mr Allsorts from now on. Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/art22.htm Read 76 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: The Context-Aware Pill Bottle and Medication Monitor     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy