Drama Courses and CPD with David Farmer

Bring (even more) creativity and active learning into your school curriculum!

Theatre director David Farmer inspires, motivates and teaches about the power of drama to transform learning. Producer of plays and workshops worldwide, he’s an in-demand speaker, trainer and author of five books on drama teaching. As a Consultant Trainer for NILE, Norwich, he delivers sessions and courses to teachers and teaching students from across the world. David is the creator of award-winning online courses, including THE INSPIRING DRAMA TEACHER.

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“Thank you for your brilliant session and for saving the day at such short notice. We have received a lot of positive feedback and you have helped make drama a key part of our primary curriculum.”

Gareth Medd, Director of Research and Transformation Beckfoot Trust, Beckfoot Heaton Primary School, Bradford (November 2024)
Gareth Medd, Director of Research and Transformation

This 50-hour face-to-face course is for teachers, academic managers and trainers who work in the area of teaching languages to young learners (6 to 12-year-olds). Course Leaders: Griselda Beacon and David Farmer.

CREATIVITY WITH YOUNG LEARNERS 4-15 AUGUST 2025

NILE (Norwich Institute for Language Education),
78-80 Upper St Giles St. Norwich NR2 1LT.

  • Developing personal language awareness through art and play
  • Using drama techniques in the classroom
  • Bringing storybooks to life through storytelling, reading aloud & performance
  • Teaching grammar outside the box
  • And much, much more!

“I was immersed in a total new way of teaching… These two weeks have been absolutely incredible! I have gained self-confidence and learnt how to apply a lot of creative techniques in class, which will make my students develop their abilities and skills without even noticing they are learning.” – Ioana, 2024

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David led two brilliant three hour sessions for us at the Beckfoot Trust. He tailored his training to large groups of teachers from across our four primary schools. Teachers left the sessions positive and enthusiastic about how they could use these approaches in their teaching and their curriculum planning.

Gareth Medd, Director of Research and Transformation Beckfoot Trust, Bradford (November 2024)
Gareth Medd, Director of Research and Transformation

Just wanted to say thank you so much for that training, it was brilliant. Everybody said how much they enjoyed it. We will definitely be using lots of those strategies in future lessons!

Annabel Brown Crescent Primary School, Croydon, London (October 2022)
Annabel Brown

‘Thank you so much for everything. We are all very excited to try out some of these ideas in the classroom – we really took so much from the session.’

 

Heather Partington Talavera Junior School, Aldershot (September 2021)
Heather Partington

David spent the day at our school with a focus on Drama across the Curriculum within the EYFS and Key Stage 1. My staff left with an abundance of activities to draw upon and had a renewed energy to take back into their classroom!

Geraldine Dunkerley, Headteacher Darwin Teaching School Alliance, Shrewsbury (March 2016)
Geraldine Dunkerley, Headteacher

Thanks so much for giving us a real lift of energy and excitement about teaching on a cold and dreary January evening! I am so excited to try out Whoosh! today and am already planning next week’s lessons with Imaginarium and many others!

Ellen Savill, Assistant Head of Pre-Prep Dulwich Preparatory School, London (January 2017)
Ellen Savill, Assistant Head of Pre-Prep

Excellent CPD, money well spent and a wealth of ideas to take away… Thank you!

Toni Browne, Headteacher St Peter's Primary School, Folkestone (March 2017)
Toni Browne, Headteacher

Teachers have been having a go at lots of the activities you ran through and the classrooms are really buzzing!

Dominic Hughes, Headteacher Springwell Junior School, Hounslow (January 2018)
Dominic Hughes, Headteacher

The Inspiring Drama Teacher

Start The Inspiring Drama Teacher anytime, and get access to: Online Course, Monthly Live Zoom Sessions, Marked Assignment and Lesson Plan Vault. Download over 50 original lesson plans developed by practising teachers (for ages ranging from 4-18) to use straight away.

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