looking for anyone who has taught BTEC International Level 2 Award in Performing Arts, I’ve got my first GCSE cohort in Dubai, would appreciate any tips/advice! 🤞🏻@PearsonBTECAppr
Fantastic to see that Strathclyde University has highlighted Drama as a preferred Higher for Law and Primary Teaching. The skills you learn in Drama are transferable to so many different career paths.
What a way to end the year, showcasing our schools first musical. I had the pleasure of directing HSM JR and I couldn’t have asked for a better team & students to work with 🎭🏀🎤✨
When 279 parents were asked, "do you believe drama, either at school, or extra curricular, has helped your child in other areas of their life?"
98.9% said yes
0.7% said maybe
0.4% said no
When 281 parents across the UK were asked if drama helped their child with other subjects at school...
95% said yes
4.3% said maybe
0.7 said no
For success in education the whole child needs to be nurtured, and drama is an excellent tool to help with this.
After the success of my book 100 Acting Exercises for 8 - 18 year olds I wrote Acting Games for Improv, which is out today!
To celebrate I'm giving away a free copy.
To enter: Follow me, like, and repost this post.
- Perfect for drama, english, and primary school teachers 🎭
- Easy to use exercises to save lesson planning time ⏰
- QR codes so that you can download Spotify playlists to accompany your lessons 🎶
- Foreword by Michelle Danner, director of Miranda's Victim, and renowned acting coach 🌟
- "This great guide to improvisation will stimulate players of all ages to find more freedom, creative expression and joy" Chris Heimann, Improvisation, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London @RADA_London 🤩
One winner will be randomly selected and announced midday (UK time) Wednesday 3rd January 🎉. Open worldwide 🌍
Drama helps students with:
Awareness
Confidence
Concentration
Creativity
Critical thinking
Diction
Empathy
Life skills
Listening
Literacy
Problem solving
Reading
Relaxation
Social skills
Storytelling
Teamwork
Please keep teaching it in schools.
Theatre for Every Child campaign launched by SOLT and UK Theatre to make sure all children attend a show before leaving secondary school #TheatreForEveryChild https://t.co/uEo0xEjlsy
@MissWdwrd So what I do is link what I’m doing to the schemes - so with y5 they were looking at the Amazon rainforest, so I created a scheme with a fake story of some lost explorers, and each lesson the kids looked at a different explorative strategies, whilst following the lost explorers!