Storytelling on the Road
Creative Pathways to Wellbeing
About the program
Storytelling on the Road is The Literature Centre’s creative learning program for schools across metropolitan and regional Western Australia. Part of the Creative Pathways to Wellbeing partnership, the program uses storytelling as a powerful way to support young people’s social and emotional wellbeing.
In partnership with Healthway, Storytelling on the Road brings professional artists and educators into schools to work with students, teachers, and communities through meaningful creative experiences. The program is designed to be flexible and responsive, with each residency tailored to the needs and strengths of each school community.
Through workshops, residencies, professional learning, and opportunities to share student work, the program supports schools to explore identity, emotion, belonging, confidence, and growth through storytelling. This work is informed by the SEW-Arts Framework, which underpins the program’s approach to supporting social and emotional well-being through the arts.
What the Program Involves
Storytelling on the Road is delivered across the school year and may include:
- Tailor-made creative workshops designed in response to each school’s learning priorities and community context
- Artist-led storytelling experiences across a range of art forms, including writing, comics, graphic novels, spoken word, drama, visual art and digital media
- In-school residencies that support creative participation and student voice
- Professional learning opportunities for teachers and school staff
- Documentation and case studies that capture student reflections, creative outcomes, and school impact
- Opportunities for students and school communities to share work through showcasing, including exhibitions and published stories
Every Storytelling on the Road program is shaped collaboratively, so no two school experiences are exactly the same. This allows the work to remain relevant, responsive, and grounded in each school community.
Why Storytelling on the Road Matters
Storytelling on the Road supports schools to create space for young people to reflect, express themselves, connect with others, and build confidence through the arts. The program aligns with the SEW-Arts Framework, which supports schools, artists, and educators to foster young people’s social and emotional well-being through creative programs.
Across the program, students are supported to engage with the four SEW-Arts wellbeing areas:
- Tuning In through self-awareness, reflection, identity, and personal experience
- Feeling through emotional awareness, expression, empathy, and communication
- Connecting through belonging, collaboration, relationships, and community
- Discovering through growth, confidence, resilience, and trying new creative approaches
By embedding these ideas into storytelling practice, the program helps students explore their own experiences, listen to others, and participate in creative learning that supports both well-being and expression. It also builds teacher and school capacity to continue wellbeing-focused creative learning beyond the residency itself.
Program Updates
Storytelling on the Road as the program travels to schools across Western Australia.
Throughout the year, this section will be updated with program news, school case studies, examples of student work, and short video content capturing the program in action.
For a more immediate, behind-the-scenes look, visit our Storytelling on the Road Instagram page, [@storytellingontheroad], to watch reels and see the program as it unfolds in schools and communities.
Latest Updates
Tuning In to ‘My Place’: Storytelling on the Road Travels to the Wheatbelt
Read about our recent Storytelling on the Road visit to East Narrogin Primary School, Brookton District High School and Narrogin Senior High School, where students explored place, identity and creative wellbeing through workshops with author Raewyn Caisley and TLC’s Creative Learning Associates.
Tuning In
Contact Us
If you are an educator, school, artist, or community organisation and would like to learn more about Storytelling on the Road, please get in touch using the form below. We welcome enquiries, media requests, partnership opportunities, and expressions of interest.
Expression of Interest Form
Acknowledgements
Storytelling on the Road is proudly delivered by The Literature Centre in partnership with Healthway, supporting young people’s social and emotional wellbeing through creative practice. The program is informed by research from The Kids Research Institute Australia and guided by the SEW-Arts Framework.
