Non-stop drama fun for children in Year 1 to Year 6, with age-specific creative activities that aim to develop self-confidence
and performance-awareness.
Specialised workshop sessions offer a range of carefully selected creative exercises to improve voice-projection, focus, concentration, and confidence. Drama activities will encourage each child to practise listening skills and turn-taking in a fun and creative learning environment. Drama games will nurture the children’s social skills and encourage curiosity and a desire to learn. In addition, children will create and devise scenes and may also have the opportunity to work on scripted extracts from child-friendly plays.
Our Workshop Camps have been especially created to accommodate Stage Two children (Year 1 & Year 2) and Stage Three children (Year 3 - Year 6) who can only attend on a daily basis. Camps will be allocated for these children in consultation with Jessica Grant.
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Camp time: 9.30am -3pm (drop off from 9.15am)
Children participate in a variety of fun and creative drama games and activities designed to spark curiosity, develop self-confidence, offering opportunities for children to turn their ideas into action. Specialised daily workshop sessions are carefully structured to encourage each child to develop at their acting skills at their own pace.
The structure of a day at a Dramarama Workshop Camp
On the first day, the teacher will introduce themselves and their assistant to the children, and the children to each other. Throughout the week, the assistant will repeat instructions as necessary to ensure that all the children are fully aware of what is expected of them, and are confident to participate in all of the group’s activities. In both morning and afternoon sessions, all children will be given the opportunity to lead a game or exercise.
Upon arrival each day, the children will be registered and each session will begin with an explanation to the group what they will be doing that day.
Morning Session
Warm up and physical/movement games and exercises, aimed to expend energy and channel excitement in a creative, nurturing environment.
Children will have a mid-morning short, supervised snack break.
Creative and imaginative activities and games, to develop self-awareness and performance-awareness. The aim is to build confidence, develop voice-projection/communication and enhance listening skills as the children follow the teacher’s instructions and cues. There is also emphasis on teamwork, taking turns, and working together as a group.
Supervised Lunchtime
The teacher will ensure that children eat all the food provided.
Afternoon Session
Focus on developing acting skills with a variety of stories, themes, and scenes from poems, child-friendly short stories and plays. The children will devise stories and acting scenes and they will build on their understanding and retention of each story in a friendly and nurturing environment.
All children are given a character role to play; some stories are original, based on the children’s own ideas and interests, and some are based on excerpts from family-friendly published stories.
Children will be provided with information and cues as an early introduction to performing.
End of Day Summary
The drama teacher will provide a recap of the day’s games and activities, reminding children what they have done and encouraging them to recall their favourite game/story/character from the day.
