Starting All-Through 'International School' Storybook or Comic:
Primary Head says: "excellent family-friendly approach to reassuring parents and children."
Secondary Head says: "our Starting School Comic is such a great, fun idea, and the perfect transition tool."
An illustrated (with drawings based on your school) Transition Storybook or Comic that introduces young children, older students and families to joining your all-through school.
Primary options
See Primary 'Your School Illustrated' Starting School Storybook examples here.
Secondary options
See Secondary 'Your School Illustrated' Transition Comics options:
Drawings of your school
We can illustrate:
- Your nursery, kindergarten, reception or early years class (we also develop 'Whole School Storybooks' featuring three children of different ages, reflecting transition into different Year Groups across the school. See examples here).
- Your Year 7 class...
- Or different Year Groups...
- Or have a mixture of Year Groups in one Comic, so your Comic covers all school years and can be used for any student joining in any year.
Bespoke
The Storybook or Comic is totally bespoke and will show how your school works, illustrate your specific building and uniforms, reflect your school procedures and way of teaching and showcases the benefits of attending your school.
Experiencing your school
We highlight the story of two or three fictional new students who join your school and how they experience the first few days, including how to get to school, what to put in their school bag, what a school day looks like, how you will help them settle in, uniform info and top tips from current students, etc.
These Transition Storybooks and Comics help allay fears and explain what happens at school.
Send to families
To aid with transition, the Transition Comics are given to families either via a web link or as a hard copy, usually five to six weeks before students join your school.
Free updates forever
As we provide free updates forever, text can be changed at a later printing or web update...offering excellent value for money.
Online and print
Upon completion - and your approval - of your Transition Storybook or Comic, we will provide you with:
- A web-ready pdf that you can place on your website.
- A digital ‘flipbook’ which can be placed on your website and accessed by parents like an e-book. See a secondary example here, and a primary example here.
- Should you also want printed copies, we will give you a ‘press-ready’ pdf with printer’s marks etc, which you would simply hand over to a local printer. We will also recommend paper type and weight, so that you have a quality printed document.
Pupil/Student Prospectus: marketing the school
The Transition Storybooks and Comics Comics can also be used to market your school. They can be re-branded as 'Pupil Prospectuses' for primary, and 'Student Prospectuses' for secondary, and used alongside other marketing materials. See here a bespoke 'Student Prospectus' for Tenby Setia Eco Hill Secondary School in Malaysia.
The below is only a small selection of Starting School Storybooks and Comics.
They also illustrate your school, your uniform and even the teachers if needed.
Stoneworks Education were extremely easy to work with. They were always quick to communicate and the process of developing the books was hassle free.
Hosted as digital flipbooks, links can be emailed to parents for them to share as an e-book and read with their children. We may also have a few printed out to go in our admissions office for any families that tour the school. They can also be included with adult prospectuses – as a student prospectus - to help market the school.
They are an absolutely unique, meaningful and family-friendly way to improve transition and market the school. I'd recommend all International Schools contact Stoneworks Education for their own Starting School Storybook or Comic.
