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Creative Ideas for Teaching Drama

Teachers, drama practitioners and directors will find a wealth of resources on this site, including tried and tested drama games and drama strategies. You will find drama lessons such as The Gruffalo, Funny Bones and World War Two Evacuees. These can easily be adapted around your own theme. If you would like to learn more, you could consider attending a one-day drama course in London or buying one of our recommended books on drama. If you haven't got the time now, why not sign up for our free newsletter?

A 'must-have' drama book

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'A must-have for those serious about the teaching of drama in primary school settings' - Teaching Drama magazine *****

Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years by David Farmer contains drama strategies and lesson plans for use with primary school children both within subject areas and as extended learning opportunities in whole class drama sessions. The book includes 36 drama strategies along with over 250 cross-curricular activities and three extended lesson plans.

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Drama Across the Curriculum

  • Wednesday 26th September 2012 10:30am - 4:30pm
  • Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
Primary Drama: INSET Day

Course Tutor: David Farmer

This one-day drama INSET course immerses you in activities and ideas which you can take back and use immediately in the primary school classroom or drama club. The drama strategies - including still images, teacher in role, hot-seating, ten-second objects, thought-tracking, spotlighting and visualisation - can be used across the curriculum and are designed to meet statutory drama and literacy objectives. Participants have the opportunity to work with drama expert David Farmer, network with colleagues to discuss common problems and devise solutions to put into practice.

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Literacy Through Storytelling and Drama

  • Wednesday 21st November 2012 10:30am - 4:30pm
  • Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London E1
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Course Tutor: David Farmer

Stories and storytelling are crucial to helping children make sense of their world. This one-day INSET course provides a wealth of stimulating activities and approaches for bringing oral storytelling alive in the primary school, adding a new dimension to literacy and improving speaking, listening and writing.

You will participate in tried and tested story games and drama activities which will enthuse children and deepen understanding of story structure, characters and description. Participants have the opportunity to work with drama consultant David Farmer, network with colleagues to discuss common problems and devise solutions to take back to school.

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Olympic Drama for Primary Schools

jesse-owensNew for 2012: The Olympic Drama day consists of five cross-curricular drama workshops that explore and celebrate the Olympics past and present. The workshops are aimed at KS1 and KS2 pupils and are delivered by the Arts On The Move partnership of highly skilled practitioners, all with full CRB clearance and insurance.

The day allows each class in the school to work on the Olympic theme, including such topics as creating a ceremony, the story of Jesse Owens, making an Olympic bid and travelling back in time to visit the first Olympics. The sessions are available to most primary schools across the UK.

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Storytellers for Schools

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Drama Resource offers live storytelling, music and drama activities for pupils throughout Key Stages 1 and 2. We can perform to the whole school and run workshops with individual classes or focus on a project with a particular age-group. Our sessions feature a great deal of interaction for the pupils, including a chance to act out and tell their own stories – and to create exciting sound effects and music.

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Drama Strategies

Flashbacks and Flash Forwards

Performers in a scene are asked to improvise scenes which take place seconds, minutes, days or years before or after a dramatic moment. This enables the exploration of charact [ ... ]


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Role Play

Role play is the basis of all dramatic activity. The ability to suspend disbelief by stepping into another character's shoes comes quite naturally to most children. Through th [ ... ]


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Role On The Wall

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The outline of a body is drawn on a large sheet of paper, which is later stuck onto the wall.  This can be done by carefully drawing around one of the participants.  [ ... ]


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'I thoroughly enjoyed the course - it met and went beyond my expectations. It refreshed my knowledge and has inspired me to create further drama lessons.' - Maryanne Hodgkinson, Derwen College, Course Participant.