Katherine’s work is joyful, reflective, exploratory and the planning builds up to final tasks at flexible pace.
Aidan Meech, Deputy Head Teacher, John Chilton School, 2022
Katherine constantly adapted the sessions to meet the needs, interests and ideas of pupils.
Melanie Hall-Judd, Head Teacher, Heron Academy, 2024
Katherine had a great approach to planning and leading.
Sadie Edginton, RCA Social Practice Group Lead, 2023
Katherine worked so wonderfully with children and young people who are patients at GOSH bringing art, fun, wonder, stories, loose parts and buckets of delight.
Laura Walsh, Head of Play, Great Ormond Street Hospital, 2020
With an incredible teaching style that really captures and maintains the student’s attention, Katherine quickly understands the most effective teaching techniques for a dyslexic student. After my son’s first session, two months before his GCSE, he said “Katherine thinks like me”. So motivational, well organised and quickly established a plan of techniques to support him through revision stages. Despite struggling with English Language and achieving Grade 3 in mocks, his confidence grew along with the techniques, and something clicked and he achieved a strong Grade 6.
Fiona McHugh, Raynes Park, 2024
Katherine is very considered as an artist and an encouraging and supportive individual. Katherine’s sensitivity around different levels of need and ability to hold a space, where everyone feels comfortable, was highly valued by us as a team and the groups of young people.
Leah Morris, Communities and Learning Manager, South London Gallery, 2024
Katherine is someone with a deep awareness of her own embodied being and she brings this awareness to others. She is able to draw on her own experiences of suffering to recognise and respond to others in distress. She is able to create space for people to be and to feel accepted in their being.
Joanna Grace, The Sensory Projects, 2024
Katherine’s workshops are always so thoughtfully planned and delivered; there’s a real focus on care and making sure all participants feel welcome and able to participate in whatever way feels comfortable for them.
Hannah Coulson, RCA, 2023
My daughter loves this class and we love it as she doesn’t realise she is learning. She has a great imagination and Katherine has been able to channel that into some amazing stories.
Daniela Sarti, Wimbledon, 2017
The responses to Katherine’s work were rich and varied.
Victoria Bates, University of Bristol, 2023
My bright 8-year-old has been struggling with reading and writing, and we suspect he has dyslexia. Whilst awaiting assessment, I started looking for ways to inspire him and build his confidence, when I came across Katherine’s details. I wanted to concentrate on his strengths, and felt that traditional tutoring would make him lose further confidence. Just one storytelling session with Katherine transformed my son’s self-belief and, as hoped, has ignited a passion for learning within him. Katherine tailors her creative sessions according to my son’s needs and interests, and he looks forward to them. As well as firing his imagination, and teaching him about storytelling, we’ve seen an improvement in the academic subjects of science and maths. He’s also asking to read, doing his homework, and is excited about school.
Saima Mir, 2024
Katherine holds a gentle space where students are encouraged to challenge themselves.
Aidan Meech, Deputy Head Teacher, John Chilton School, 2022
They are energy-making, exciting activities which really get you thinking and working.
Sadie Edginton, RCA Social Practice Group Lead, 2023
Thank you for all the magic work that you have done, I read yesterday one of her school compositions about a dragon and the smell that was around him and all the description and it was really good as she put into writing what she learnt with you.
Emanuela Riolo, Wimbledon, 2017
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