Primary Drama

The result at Collins are five plays: The Tempest, Midsummer’s Night Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Twelfth Night, rewritten in story form for younger readers. These are a great introduction to the world of Shakespeare but how can we use them effectively to help pupils immerse themselves in the rich language of Shakespeare’s world? Read More

Learning Focus: Understand the differences between theatrical entertainment in Shakespeare’s time when compared to today. Be able to write, practise and perform a play in a short time frame, much like Shakespeare and his fellow playwrights would have done in Tudor times. Shakespeare was one of the most important… Read More

Suitable For: Year 4 to Year 6 Learning Focus: To explore the meaning of language in a play script by acting it out. Performing Shakespeare can be seen as a hardship, torturous even but there are many ways to make it accessible. Here are two examples… a)    Use a… Read More

Activity One – Speaking and Listening Year 4 to Year 6 The works of Dickens can seem inaccessible to many, adults included, but by taking them bit by bit, children can get an understanding of the characters and the plot. Select some passages from Dickens’ novels and discuss what… Read More

I used to hate drama at school, being very self conscious and took that dislike of the subject into teaching it, trying to swap lessons with other teachers to avoid it but since investigating techniques for teaching drama and trying some myself, I’ve realised that it can be fun and… Read More