Posts by EmmaLorna

Well, what a weekend! Lorna and I are still recovering from Saturday’s Class Business Live & Awards, where we were joined by our lovely franchisees Jo and Tori for a day (and night!) of learning, laughter, celebrating and a fair bit of dancing too! 😂 We had plenty to celebrate, with Story Rangers finalists for…

This week, I asked our Story Rangers team to share a win from their week in our team WhatsApp group. When you’re busy running classes, visiting nurseries and schools, prepping for sessions and growing a business, I think it can be really easy to just move straight onto the next thing without actually stopping to…

One of the things we’re proudest of at Story Rangers is the team we’ve built. We may all have a background in education, but between us we now have over 100 years of experience across different age groups, settings, roles and areas of expertise. And when we say different, we really mean it. Within our…

September always takes me back to teaching. Even though I haven’t been a full-time teacher for years now, there’s still something about September that feels like the start of a new year to me. I remember those mixed feelings at the end of the summer holidays. Part of me would be looking forward to getting…

This weekend marked a very special milestone for our Team Green as Tori, the wonderful woman behind Story Rangers Bridgnorth, Shrewsbury & Albrighton, celebrated her first business birthday! 🎉💚 It’s hard to believe that a whole year has passed since Tori first brought Story Rangers to her local community. Since then, she’s welcomed so many…

The slower pace of summer will be over and normal life will begin I’m home from the most magical family holiday in Spain. Precious family time filled with slow mornings, late-night swimming, laughter, sunshine and the kind of moments you wish you could somehow pause time for. And, as always, coming home is bittersweet. There…

As we come to the end of another academic year, our Marketing Lead, Jo, asked each member of the Story Rangers team one simple question: “What’s been your highlight of the year?” Reading everyone’s responses was such a lovely way to round off the year. Of course, I wasn’t surprised that so many of the…

This weekend was one of those weekends that I know I’ll remember for a very long time. My 12-year-old son played his first gigs with his new band as their keyboard player, including an absolutely brilliant performance at BOA Brewery in Stourport as part of the first ever StourJam festival. The crowd’s reaction was incredible.…

Wow… where do we even begin? 💚 We’re still smiling after the most incredible day at the Club Hub Awards and Event 2026, and honestly, it’s hard to put into words just how special it was for the whole Story Rangers family. Held in Birmingham on Saturday 9th May, the event brought together children’s activity…

Right now, with the resignation deadline just a month away, a lot of teachers are sitting with the same question. You might not have said it out loud yet, but it’s there in the background. “Can I really do another year like this?” We know, because we’ve been there. It’s not just the planning or…