These workshops are all based around a topic that you could be studying. The workshops will get the children excited by exploring them in creative ways through drama, art and music.
If you are doing a different termly topic, please do get in contact and a workshop can be designed especially for you.
If you are doing a different termly topic, please do get in contact and a workshop can be designed especially for you.
Under the Sea
Can you help Starfish find her home?
Starfish has been washed up onto the sand. By creating an ocean scene with art and music the children will take part in this story and help Starfish get back home. Whole class workshop. Years 1 -3 Dinosaur Fun with EYFS Or KS1
Children will get the opportunity to move like Dinosaurs and help act out a Dinosaur story. They will sing and play instruments to a Dinosaur song, then finally they will make their own creative dinosaurs.
Small groups or whole class workshops. |
A Rainforest Adventure
‘Mama?’
An educational story about a baby Gorilla who lived a peaceful life with his family… however, one day everything changed…. His family were gone and it was just him. This workshop explores the topic of endangered animals. The children will create a rainforest scene, become the characters of the gorillas and finish by writing their own song. Whole class workshop. Years 1 - 4 Dinosaur Fun with KS2
In this workshop the children will get involved in a range of drama activities which will build up to them creating their own Jurassic Worlds using card, cardboard and paint. They will then observe a range of pictures to help them create their own clay dinosaurs.
Small groups or whole class workshops. |
The Great Fire of London
The workshop will begin with a range of music and movement activities. This will lead nicely onto the children creating their own 'Fire of London' background, then firefighter puppets.
We will then look at the song 'London's Burning' which we will build up to sing as a round, as well as using sound effects learnt at the beginning of the session. The workshop will end with the children creating their own 'Fire of London' rounds, with an opportunity to perform at the end. Whole class workshops. Years 2 - 4 |
Mythical Creatures
Children will use drama to mime holding a variety of mythical creatures, they will then move into acting like different mythical creatures.
As a group the children will think about where their mythical creatures live, they will create their own background then move onto making their own puppets. These scenes are perfect for creative storytelling for your English lessons. Small groups or whole class workshops. Years 3 - 6 |
Space
A small spaceship has crash landed in your school and a letter is found from life on another planet expressing their anger of humans.
An exciting workshop that will not only engage the children’s imagination, but will ensure an understanding of a character’s thoughts and feelings as well as learning about one of our newer planets. Small groups or whole class workshops. Years 1 - 3
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The Romans
A busy workshop based on the story of Romulus and Remus. The children will paint their own Roman backdrop, create their own Roman soldier puppets and learn and then write their own Roman Military Chants.
The workshop will end with the children using their puppets to perform their Military Chants to the rest of the class. Whole class workshops. Years 3 - 6 Plastic Ocean
“Every year we produce nearly 300 million tons of plastic, half of which is single use. More than 8 million tons of this plastic is dumped into the ocean each year, devastating the environment and the species that live in this complex and delicate ecosystem.” (www.anonhq.com)
Children will use plastic to make sea creatures, watch a thought-provoking video from the film ‘A Plastic Ocean’, and will work together to create a piece of artwork using paint and plastic that portrays a powerful message. Small groups or whole class workshops. Years 3 - 6 |
