Drama Week

This week all the classes are having a week of drama activities. Apart from the fun of taking part in lots of drama, developing confidence in speaking, listening, co-operating and performing, we are also using drama as a stimulus for the children's writing.
Each class will be benefiting from a day's workshop from a specialist drama teacher, Simon Stone who will be using a piece of children's literature as a starting point for a full day of drama. The class teachers will then be following up this input with a range of writing activity.
Each class will also have a day when the children will be split and will be working with older or younger children and the teachers will be working together. Year 4 will be working with their buddies in Reception, Years 1 and 3 will be working together and Year 2 will be spending a day with children from Pre School.
We also have three students from Plymouth University who will be leading drama, reading and writing activities with all the classes except for Reception. They will also be using a piece of literature as the stimulus for a day's work.
Class teachers will be filling the rest of the week with other drama/literacy based work.
It is planned to display some of the children's work from this drama week in the corridor so we hope to be able to impress you with the outcomes!