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Registered Charity No 1148659

Everyday Magic Bringing Fun, Language, Story & Song To London Primary Schools

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Report & Financial Statements
Academic Year 2023/24
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In This Report

EVERYDAY MAGIC

Our Offer - We:

Our Offer 1

Our Track Record, Our Artists & How we work with Schools 2 Programmes in 23/24: ’Nature’s Here in Town’ 4 Programmes in 23/24: Linking Stories to Class Topics 5 What the Schools Say 6 Resources for Schools 8 Participating Schools 23/24, Funders & Looking Ahead 10 Our Governance, Finances & Funding 11 Independent Examiner’s Statement 12 End of Year Accounts for Academic Year Ended 31/8/24 13

 Maximise Impact: regular sessions & long-term relations

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Registered Charity No 1148659
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OUR TRACK RECORD

OUR ARTISTS

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Storytellers
Anne Johnson Kate Corkery Nell Phoenix Sef Townsend Tuup
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Sound Recording, Singer on Rec-
Talk Box
We choose our Instrumentalist orded Songs &
Facilitator
& Social Media: Stories & Back-
artists for their ex- drop Artist
Michele
Louise
Nella
Chowrimootoo
cellence & rapport Cielecki
Novy-Johnson
with children &
teachers
See more on our website :
www.everydaymagic.org.uk
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HOW WE WORK WITH SCHOOLS

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Depending on schools’ finances: either 1 or 2 Storytellers run ½ day sessions fortnightly

We Devise Bespoke Programmes for Each School - pp 4 & 5

We Create Online Resources for Teachers & Parents - pp 8 & 9

Maximising Impact & Affordability

Programmes in 23/24: Nature’s Here in Town

This has been the 3rd & final year of our project with our 6 partnership schools in Ealing & Kensington & Chelsea (see p10) generously funded by John Lyon’s Charity, which will be finishing in December. In their fortnightly sessions, the schools’ focus this year has been with their Early Years and Key Stage 1 and the project has enabled plenty of opportunities for the children to:

Talk Box

While the main programme is running, 2 of our Ealing schools have continued selecting small groups of children for Talk Box sessions with drama trained actor Louise Cielecki. Talk Box provides children needing particular help or support with their language , confidence or participation in class, with a creative & safe space where they can develop their social skills at their own pace through conversation & play.

Linking Stories to Class Topics

With our schools in Southwark & Greenwich this year we have worked with classes from Nursery to Year 6, telling stories and devising songs which link with a broad variety of curriculum themes and class topics, including:

Rivers and Seas Drawing on the countless traditional stories from all over the world that put the search for water, the lifegiving properties of water, the magic and the mystery of rivers and seas at the centre of human preoccupation, along with tales of monsters, mermaids, selkie people, wrecks and treasures of the deep. Also the stories of floods and drought and the mysteries of rivers in the least expected places - under the streets of London for example. And the stories and songs from people who have lived and worked upon the water: sailors, bargees, lightermen, river pilots, waterside characters.

Extreme Earth Drawing on the amazing myths and world mythology of Gods and Goddesses that our ancestors attributed to explain the unpredictable movements of the earth, the shift of tectonic plates, tsunamis, floods, avalanches, eruptions of volcanoes and earthquakes that we are still subject to in the 21st century.

London An opportunity to share stories, true and fictional, songs and rhymes, both old and new to give children a taste of the long and fascinating story that is the story of London and its many peoples - with all those original Everyday Magic songs available on YouTube at: We Are Londoners

WHAT THE SCHOOLS SAY

Growing Confidence & Participation

“The programme has been a tremendous boost for our children, they have found that their self-confidence has developed, they are more prepared to join in with new and unfamiliar experiences, contribute to whole class activities and share their thoughts. Everyday Magic take time to find out specific topics we may be covering in school and then match sessions, songs and stories accordingly. I would thoroughly recommend ‘Everyday Magic’ to any Primary School .” - Peter Simpson, Assistant Head, Dormers Wells

Primary School, Southall

Engaging with Diversity

“The Everyday Magic approach of selecting stories, songs, poetry and rhymes from around the world and presenting them with a multisensory approach captures the imagination of all children, including those who find it hard to focus in lessons.” - Helen Rai, Head teacher, Lady Margaret Primary,Southall

Engaging with Special Needs

“We have a large population of EAL children, especially in the Early Years and Key Stage 1. Everyday Magic, through the actions and the tellings, gives these children the opportunity to access the stories. Further, children with special learning difficulties often find the oral stories, accompanied by music and gestures, enjoyable as they do not have to worry about accessing meaning through the written word, which some may find difficult.” - Literacy Co-ordinator

Stimulating Writing

“ The children have the rich modelled language in their minds and the writing that follows the storytelling sessions is excellent. I can think of many boys who were extremely reluctant writers suddenly writing pages retelling the stories they have ” heard and using beautiful descriptive language . - Literacy Coordinator

Enriching Children’s Language

[ “Everyday Magic has been a wonderful addition to our day. The ] children wait for the storyteller with focused attention as they know something magical is about to happen. The way in which the stories are told helps develop their imagination and the addition of music creates another layer. The sessions help develop speaking skills and the children have developed their confidence as they ask questions about the origins of the music and story. The rhyming element has helped the children as they recall the rhyming words from the story. It has been wonderful to hear them singing the songs and creating their own stories on the stage in the outdoor classroom”.

Supporting the Curriculum

” The storytellers always tie into our topics, so we are able to use what the storytellers do in our work throughout the rest of the week. ” - Year 4 Teacher

Progression through the year groups

” As the storytellers work with all age groups, we see the benefits as the youngest children progress through the school. These children approach their new year groups with a bank of stories and rich language already in place, which aids their love of language and ability in literacy. ” - Co-ordinator

RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS

30 STORY VIDEOS with Visuals, Sound Effects & Choruses narrated by:

Everyday Magic Storytellers for Early Years & Key Stages 1 & 2

The Ugly Duckling Ticky Ticky Boom Persephone BUONITA Sun, Moon & Water Teeny, Tiny Man Wise Doll Ten Little Chickens Princess & the Frog Singing Sack Forest Spirit Farmer’s Birthday Stone Cutter Buonita King Crab Musicians of Bremen Rainbow Snake Wee Doll Lion, Vulture & Hyena Charlie Chicken Tiger’s Whiskers Bouki Granny O’Brien Stone Soup Little Bird & the Raja AS TOLD BY JUNE PETERS Magpie Story Baby Crocodile Animals & the Waterhole Papa Gee Tiddylink

AS TOLD BY SEF 1. For Streaming from YouTube - for a taster of 6 stories go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2uOwadVHjI

RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS

100 ORIGINAL SONGS, RHYMES & POEMS for accompanying stories & topics

Fun to Sing * Easy to Remember * Great for Taking in Info SONG COMPILATIONS - with on-screen words & images

1. For Streaming from YouTube go to:

htps://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCI2TMw590d5xA7k1_uhfnVA/playlists

for Compilation themes including: Rivers & Seas/ Nature All Around Us/ Dinosaur Songs/ Nature’s Here in Town/ Forest, Woods & Trees/ Bird Songs/ London Songs/ Rhymes & Poetry/ Shukalaka Shake - 35 Songs to Celebrate a Child’s Day

2. For Downloading:

for Rivers & Seas / Nature’s Here in Town from Spotify go to: htps://share.amuse.io/eWMaJQendTHD

for Heard on the Wind from bandcamp go to : Heard on the Wind

  1. For Downloading stories go to: Everyday Magic’s bandcamp

BANK of SONGS for CLASS TOPICS - available on request

2 BOOKS OF ORIGINAL TALES

by storytellers Anne Johnson & Sef Townsend published by the History Press @ £9.99 available from all bookshops & amazon

The Tiger has Stripes Song for Francis Drake Over in the Meadow Daughter Dear Horses like to eat Hay Oats, Beans & Barley grow Full Moon Song of Night & Morning I like the Snowdrops How do you do? Then we can go Dancing Hungry caterpillar Blackberry Song Hungry, Hungry The Swallow Roads go ever on I love the Mountains Hide & Seek Who saw the Petals? Seven Swans Swimming Mother Earth, Father Sky Under a Web Song of the Corbids River flow Song of the Seasons Song of the Tadpoles Look after the Trees Dinosaur Song Spiders from Tiny Eggs

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS IN 2023/24

In Ealing:

In Kensington & Chelsea:

St Mary’s R.C. Primary School, W10

In Southwark:

St John’s R.C. Primary School, SE16 St James the Great Primary School , SE15

OUR GOVERNANCE

We have 3 trustees all of whom are experienced educationists - two headteachers and a recently retired head - who act in a voluntary capacity and hold a meeting with the Director once a term. At those meetings the activities, finances, policies, strategies, feedback and impact of the charity are reported and reviewed and fresh programmes and projects agreed for the coming term.

The trustees are satisfied that the activities undertaken by Everyday Magic during the year have been in furtherance of its charitable objectives and complied with the duty in Section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission.

In Greenwich:

Invicta Primary School, Deptford Site SE8 & Blackheath Site SE3

MANY THANKS TO OUR KEY FUNDER

We are extremely grateful and beholden to John Lyon’s Charity for the 3 year grant of £30,000/year for our Nature’s Here in Town programme running in our 6 partnership schools in Ealing & Kensington & Chelsea, which will come to an end in December 2024.

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2024/25

As well continuing to provide programmes to our existing schools we will be looking to make new partnerships and funding arrangements

OUR FINANCES & FUNDING

Thanks to the generosity of charitable trusts, whenever we can, we make our programmes affordable to schools and provide a 50% subsidy. With minimal overheads Everyday Magic has in-built flexibility to grow or contract, according to available funding from fees from schools and grants from trusts. All artists are engaged on a freelance basis, there are no office or premises costs or employer liabilities & the charity’s admin, financial management & fundraising are carried out on an unpaid voluntary basis.

As its reserves policy, Everyday Magic aims to hold a minimum of one term’s funds and fee commitments to ensure continuity in its ability to plan and deliver its programmes and activities. As its risk management policy, Everyday Magic budgeting is done on a termly basis and programme commitments are only made for the following term where school fees have been confirmed and all necessary additional funds have been secured to ensure a positive working balance is achieved.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY - HOW WE PERFORMED THIS YEAR

END OF YEAR ACCOUNTS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR ENDING 31/8/2024

This year saw an increase of activities with fees from schools amounting to £33,240 (last year £24,160). However total income at £63,240 was just 3K above last year (£60,210) due to last year’s grant income including a one-off £6K cost of living supplement . This was the third & last year of generous grant funding from John Lyon’s Charity for our Nature’s Here in Town programme amounting to £30,000 ( last year £36,000 ). Due to the increased activity, expenditure for the year was £64,896 (last year £56,508 ) which funded artists working in schools, the ongoing creative development of programmes and the creation of a resource bank of recorded stories and songs for teachers and parents. Funds carrying forwards at the end of the year were £47,617 (last year £49,273) of which £35,673 were unrestricted, helping us to achieve our Reserves Policy.

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INCOME 2024 2023
£ £
Charitable Trusts
John Lyon’s Charity 30,000.00 36,000.00
30,000.00 36,000.00
Fees, Commissions, Sales & Donations
Fees from Schools 33,240.00 24,160.00
Doantion from Global Warriors 50.00
33,240.00 24,210.00
TOTAL INCOME 63,240.00 60,210.00
EXPENDITURE 2024 2023
£ £
Artists’ Payments for Schools Programme 46,997.90 39,515.00
Creative Development/School & Artist Liaison/Evaluation/
Feedback/Reports 8,725.00 8,975.00
Projectpromotion,recording,website,materials 8,812.80 7,657.85
Independent Examiner
 360.00 360.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
 64,895.70 56,507.85
Excess of Income Over Expenditure for Period -1,655.70 3,702.15
Funds Carrying Forwards at 31st August '23: -Restricted 13,600.00 10,000.00
- Unrestricted 35,672.74 35,570.59
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARDS 47,617.04 49,272.74
of which:
- Restricted Funds: John Lyon's Charity 10,000.00 13,600.00
- Unrestricted Funds 37,617.04 35,672.74
REPRESENTED BY:
Cash at Bank at 31st August 2024 47,617.04 49,272.74
Approved by the Trustees on 30th September 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
Jessica Finer, Chair

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

In accordance with their responsibilities, trustees have:

This report was approved by trustees on 30th September 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

Jessica Finer, Chair

RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES & EXAMINER

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Everyday Magic for the period ended 31 August 2024. The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS’S STATEMENT

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns & have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Tom Wilcox, Counterculture LLP Bank Chambers Main Street, Hawes Date: 6 October 2024 North Yorkshire DL8 3QL

Approved by the Trustees on 30th September 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

Jessica Finer, Chair