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History
Take on a role from history
Activities allowing pupils to
recognise why people did things, why
events happened & what happened as a result,
and identify differences between
ways of life at different times.
Older pupils are given the opportunity
to
recreate ideas, beliefs, attitudes & experiences of men, women &
children in the past.
KS1
►Meet our costumed actress as Florence
Nightingale -
Children work in role along side Miss Nightingale
(see picture, top
right) to learn about the health hazards of Victorian life, the Crimean
war and pioneering nursing methods.
►Victorian Toys -
Join the toy-maker's workshop and learn about the toys children played
with 150 years ago
►Travel
in the Past - Re-create an expedition of discovery before the
invention of a motorised vehicle
►Seaside Holidays in
the Past - Discover the joys of a first seaside trip in Edwardian
times
►The Great Plague - See how the Plague affected a small village
community.
►A
Pirate Adventure - Join
Pirate Mary Read on an adventure to find the hidden treasure of William
Kidd
"We find you far and away the most interactive and accessible
organisation for our children"
Jane Braithwaite, Stanley Infant &
Nursery School, Twickenham
KS2
►Ancient
Egypt – explore the myths and legends surrounding the River Nile
►Romans
in Britain - travel back in time to
Londinium with a Roman Londoner
►Viking
Life - Help a Viking
village after an attack by Harald Finehair
►Britain in Tudor Times - train to be an apprentice in
Elizabethan times
►A
17th Century Pirate Adventure
- Meet a famous female pirate and train
for a life on board her pirate ship
►Victorian Britain -
Experience life as a London Mudlark. Try
out the life of a Victorian factory worker. Get involved with a charity
worker
►Life after 1930: The Blitz & Evacuees - do you stay or do you
go?
"It was
the best historical drama wokshop we have had. You made the Victorian
age real for the children and gave them an experience they will never
forget." Anne Davenport, Biggin Hill Primary School
Science
Specials for KS1 and KS2
Workshops last 1 hour and are suitable for up to 30
children in a hall or other large space.
"Our Science Coordinator hired them as no one else would touch nursery! I
highly recommend Teach-it-Through-Drama!" (Peta Higgs, Cranmer
Primary School, Mitcham). "All the children
had a good time ... The teachers were pleased with the content" (Peter Briley, Science Week, Fielding Primary School, Ealing).
►Pat
& Polly Pattern Workshop - For Nursery to Year 3: A creative
drama workshop introducing young audiences to the world of patterns:
Number, time, sound, light, fractals and tessellation! Meet Pat and her
parrot Polly. Hear their dramatic story and travel with them on a magic
carpet with a mind of its own, to find the patterns which will help save
the world from chaos. Time is running out but, with the children's help
(and bees, owls, snow, footprints and traffic lights), they may just
save the day.
►Planet Earth Workshop -
For Nursery to Year 3: A creative drama workshop exploring the Sun, the
Earth, the Moon and the planets beyond. Professor Zog is from the planet
Zarg. She cannot understand the ways of the planet Earth. With the
children in role as Earthling experts, they will help the professor
unravel some of the mysteries of day & night, the seasons, the Earth,
the Moon and the planets beyond
►Plug
Yourself In - A workshop exploring
Electricity for Years 3-6. Give your class the chance to become forensic
detectives, to solve the mystery of a suspicious death. Along the way,
the young detectives will encounter electrons, atoms, conductors, &
circuits in this electrifying 60 minute workshop which should really
make the sparks fly!
Literacy Drama
based on Literature.
You choose the story - we will design the
Workshop.
►Stage the Page Workshop -
a fun way to explore specific
books or poems, to draw out characterisation, inference & deduction,
themes & narrative structures. Suggestions for KS2: The Golden
Compass, Roald Dahl Stories,
The Iron Man, The Jabberwocky. For Early Years to KS1:
The Rainbow Fish, The Selfish Giant, Going on a Bear Hunt, The Very Hungry
Catterpillar.
►Myths & Legends Workshop -
explore the Labyrinth of the
Minotaur with Theseus; take on a role in the Hindu myth of Parvati and the
Magic Bowl; re-create a Chinese Tale of Ghosts and Spirits or the
Australian Legend of Tiddallick the giant frog.
►Traditional Tales - travel
with Babushka to help her with a problem in her Russian Toyshop. Or find
the clues and piece together a well-known story or fable.
►Storytelling - what do we need to make a good story? Create a story:
stretch your imagination & entertain your classmates!
►Exploring Shakespeare - getting under the skin of the Bard.
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Pink quotes refer to the
Revised National
Curriculum
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Workshops last 1 hour and are designed for whole class participation in
your school hall or other clear space.
All Workshops can be offered as
Inset:
we work with up to 30 Teachers from one hour to one day in your school
or a venue provided by us.
Thank you for the drama workshops during
our ‘Staying Safe’ Week.
The feedback from the teachers has been really
great and it is clear your workshops made a major contribution to the
success of the week”
P. Brackley, Headteacher,
Nelson Primary School, Middlesex
“A
fantastic day!
The Great Plague workshop really developed the historical skill of
empathy and made the children consider the events at a deeper level. All
the children enjoyed it, even one for whom English is an additional
language.”
Sarah Evans,
Cheam Park Farm
Infant School, Sutton
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