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Drama
All pupils have one lesson of Drama a week, or a double lesson each fortnight in our Drama Studio, which is situated in the main school. Lessons are designed to support the teaching of English as well as to offer children opporunities to appear on stage. In addition we try to develop cross-curricular links with other subjects.
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| Head of Drama: |  Mrs Anthea Joyce BA |
The aims of the Department are to help and encourage children to:
- To encourage children to work together.
- To help them to speak clearly and express their ideas clearly.
- To develop their imagination.
- To help them listen carefully.
- To encourage them to be observant.
- To help them understand various points of view.
- To give them opportunities for performing.
- To teach them the historical background of the theatre.
- To help them dramatise poems, work with short scripts and help to create a programme with a theme.
- To help them understand the structure of plays.
- To give them opportunities to create their own scenes and plays.
- To give them some understanding and experience of the technical side of the theatre.
- To encourage an appreciation of drama and a habit of theatre-going.
Public Speaking and Poetry Competitions are held each year for the older children, and the younger ones present programmes of scenes and poems on the Pre Hall stage.
Each Autumn term we present a full scale Musical Play in the school's own theatre, The Redgrave. Recent productions include Australia, Half a Sixpence, Once on this Island, Starmites and Henry the Tudor Dude. We try to include all children who are really keen so casts are rarely smaller than 60. Rehearsals for these productions are after school.
Each Spring the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School visits with a production and there are many opportunities for outings to theatres in Bristol including the Theatre Royal, the Hippodrome and the Redgrave. Some children perform in radio and television plays.
Each summer term all the year 5 children appear in a show at the redgrave. We have recently presented Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, the Rocky Monster Show, The Seven Sided Dice and The Curious Quest of the Sandman's Sand.
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