Drama Resource

Storytellers for Schools

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.

Literacy Through Storytelling and Drama

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

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.

Drama Across the Curriculum

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

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.

Olympic Drama for Primary Schools

jesse-owens New 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.