Hear the song  - NEW - Click here to download an MP3 of the song performed by Stobhillgate First School Ceilidh Band.

Read the story
Listen to an animated version of the story read to you by a choice of three storytellers or sung to you by Stobhillgate First School Ceilidh Band!
You now also have the option to download all versions of the story onto your computer.

Literacy activities
Activities specifically linked to the objectives for Year 3 and Year 5, written by Gill Ogg, Primary Literacy Consultant.

Clipart
All of the images from the story are available to download in colour or black and white.
Background information
Links to a variety of websites offering different interpretations of the tale.
'The Lambton Worm' is a song which was originally written in 1867 by C.M. Leumane for a pantomime to be performed at the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne.  The text of the song has been used in this project by Northumberland Grid for Learning to create an animated version of the story which can be used in Literacy lessons as an example of a traditional tale.  There are currently two dialect versions of the story: Northumbrian and Geordie, plus a new sung version by  Stobhillgate First School Ceilidh Band.  A Standard English version is also available.