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Hi {!custom_fix first
name}, I present to you - the Whistle-Stop Tour of Drama Resource! As this is the 60th edition of the free newsletter, it seemed a good time to show how much the site has grown during the past years. Before we set off, just a quick mention that Teaching
Drama Magazine has reviewed one of our courses in their current
edition. You can read about this as well as other news below. So, grab your suitcase, hold onto your hats and let's begin! David Farmer, PS Joining us on the trip will be Tama, the famous Station Master cat from Japan! |
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All Aboard! If you look out of the window, to your right you may notice Game of the Week - which changes every week! More adventurous passengers who like working together to solve problems may wish to linger at Drama Strategies, ranging from Conscience Alley to Thought-Tracking. These are ideal for teachers, enabling them to find stimulating and active techniques for exploring a theme. Find out how drama strategies work in curricular subjects by looking at lesson plans for The Gruffalo and World War Two Evacuees and feel free to adapt these around your own theme! If you look at the monitors above your heads you will notice that Drama Resource also hosts in-depth free videos produced by Teachers’ TV so that you can see how drama approaches are used in the classroom, at primary and secondary levels. Our creative journey today includes London and Manchester where hundreds of teachers, teaching assistants, freelance drama practitioners, actors and directors can be seen expressing themselves and learning new approaches during the tailored one-day courses. These like-minded people are exploring drama games and strategies (as well as directing and devising techniques) so that they can take away professional expertise to develop their own ideas. You may wish to design your own itinerary for the final leg of the trip, to look at dozens of recommended books, reviews and articles. If you wish to continue the journey, you could always join our Facebook Fan Page to connect with hundreds of other collaborative people across the world. |
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Drama News Drama is an effective way of helping students to learn languages including English as a Second Language (ESL), as it uses active teaching and learning styles likely to motivate and sustain the attention of a wider cross section of pupils. Activities can include role-play, drama games, improvisation, group discussion and individual or pair work. Our new page Drama for Language Learning gives suggestions for games and activities suited to a range of learning levels. A new example and downloadable free template have been added to Role on the Wall. |
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Course News Have you been on one? Our next course is Primary Drama: INSET Day, covering a range of
effective drama strategies for use in history,
literacy, speaking and listening. Primary Drama: Strategies in Action
provides an opportunity for further exploration of drama techniques
for cross-curricular
approaches followed by a chance to develop and try out your
own ideas. Learning through Drama (Special Educational Needs) explores an inclusive approach to drama, enabling all children to learn through imagined experience. The new courses The Spark, The Flame, The Fire and Extending Directing Skills give you great opportunities to explore a range of approaches to create exciting theatre performances with like-minded colleagues. Drama Resource is run by David Farmer - a professional theatre director, arts consultant and experienced primary school teacher. |
Primary Drama: INSET Day Developing
Directing Skills The
Spark, The Flame, The Fire |
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101 Drama Games and Activities by David Farmer is available from Amazon, through bookshops - and now iBooks. This best-selling collection of games and exercises is suitable for children, young people and adults. 'One of the handiest things to have around'
- 'Teaching Drama'
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