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Let’s Perform by Cath Howe

A sparkling collection of monologues, duologues and poems designed to encourage children to get up and perform.

Mantle of the Expert – A Beginner’s Guide by Tim Taylor

‘Mantle of the Expert’ motivates children to learn about the real world through imaginative participation in a fictional context.

Keeping Control in the Drama Lesson

Drama Teaching, Drama Tips, Features, Primary Drama

Classroom Management for Drama Lessons The challenge of managing the classroom during drama could be why some teachers are reluctant to teach the subject. Drama lessons are there to encourage free expression, so doesn’t this just lead to noise, over-excitement...Read more

Teaching Primary Drama

Books, Primary

Any teacher wishing to use drama to support creativity and learning across the curriculum would benefit from using this book.

Dorothy Heathcote – Pioneer of Educational Drama

Drama Teaching, Features

The ethos of drama in education today owes an enormous debt to the inspiration of one woman – Dorothy Heathcote (MBE). She developed an empowering approach to educational drama that fired the imaginations of children and inspired the work of teachers.