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Drama For Writing

Drama Strategies, Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Features, Primary Drama

Drama provides children with a meaningful and immediate reason for writing.

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Pecking Order

Drama Games, Improvisation

Can you work out where you stand in the pecking order?

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Why Teach Drama to Primary School Children?

Drama Teaching, Drama Teaching Tips, Features, Primary Drama, Training Resources

Children’s natural tendency towards make-believe play can be utilised at school through structured play and drama.

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Shoe Shuffle

Drama Games, Improvisation, Mime and Movement

Develop imagination and mime skills using everyday objects.

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Action Clip

Drama Strategies

Action Clip is the perfect way to bring a freeze frame to life – with a clap of the hands!

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There Is Only One Liar

Concentration, Drama Games, Group Dynamics

A psychological but fun group dynamics game from Augusto Boal. Perfect for fans of The Traitors!

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One Word At A Time

Drama Games, Language, Speaking and Listening, Storytelling

A story is told by the group or in pairs, with each person adding one word at a time.

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Story Books for Drama Teaching

Drama Teaching Tips

Story books can provide the launch pad for a one-off drama session or several weeks of work across the curriculum.

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Status Pictures

Drama Games, Improvisation, Mime and Movement

In pairs, create a still image where one of you has a higher status than the other.

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Open and Close

Drama Games, Improvisation, Mime and Movement

A brilliant method of performing a series of freeze-frames to tell a story in a drama lesson.

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