This summer term, Year 4 have has the opportunity to participate in drama workshops facilitated by Rob Pudner of ‘Entertainingly Different.’ Each class has had four Friday afternoon sessions throughout the term.
The sessions have involved activities aimed at enhancing focus, teamwork and creativity. Some of each session was guided by Rob but there were also times when the children were given freedom to express themselves and improvise their movements to music depending on how it made them feel and to create whole conversations from a single sentence.
The guided activities involved the art of plate spinning, passing the bell without being heard and working as a team to control getting a ball into a hole in the centre of a parachute. Some of the work got the children thinking and challenging gender stereotypes in the world of work (draw your own scientist).
All of the children have thoroughly enjoyed these sessions. Here are some of the things they have said.
Theo 4JD: ‘I have really enjoyed improvisation because we were given a sentence and we had to make a conversation from it!’
Caitlin 4JD: ‘ I have enjoyed learning different things in drama because it has made me a lot more confident.’
Harry K 4JD: ‘We learnt about the different areas of a stage.’
Harry M 4JD: ‘I’ve learnt that I shouldn’t be afraid to say what I like when listening to music.’
Brooke 4JD: ‘We learnt funny poems like, ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ and ‘The Button Factory.’’
Lincoln 4JD: ‘We learnt different songs. Rob would stop the track and we had to carry it on!’
Rhyder 4CD: ‘I think it was really good fun when we had to throw the ball and every time you had to try not to drop the ball.’
Evie 4CD: ‘I really enjoyed trying to get the ball through the parachute. Doing lessons with Rob was amazing. It helps me feel confident.’
Megan 4CD: ‘I liked it when we when had to build frames out of what Rob said in just a few seconds.’
Ben 4CD: ‘I liked it when we listened to music and did actions to the music.’
Danny 4CD ‘I liked it when we sang songs out on the grass and when we did a warm up called “bungalow.” Rob would say something and choose someone to do an action and shout “bungalow!”’
Madison 4CD: ‘I liked being with Rob, he would play a song and lower the volume and we had to carry it on.’
Elsie 4H: 'I enjoyed Drama with Rob because we did lots of fun activities.'
Naomi 4H: 'I enjoyed passing around the spinning plate. It was quite a challenge to keep the stick still and it was really cool how it was spinning on the stick.'
Ossian 4H: 'I liked the music games even though I am not very good at singing. My Mum is a singer so I enjoy listening to music.'
Madeline 4H: 'I liked the yes, no , banana game because it made me laugh.'
James 4H: 'I enjoyed the Dragon Story and it was really funny when Ethan decided to make a KFC dragon story.'
Hilton 4H: 'I enjoyed the music because it was fun to use my energy. It was interesting to hear different types of music.'
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