After School Drama Clubs
Matt is a Fully Qualified Teacher and has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the BBC and performed multiple theatre tours throughout the UK and Ireland with popular David Walliams shows.
I will be leading these hour long sessions after school on Thursdays at Brookwood Primary School and Fridays at Goldsworth Primary School. They will be jam packed with teaching new acting skills, drama games opportunities to perform for an audience and above all having lots of fun!
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The Drama Club is suitable for all abilities in KS2 which aims to stretch, nurture and inspire creativity - delivered in 6 Week Blocks.
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Take a look below at what we will be getting up to in the 2024/25 academic year. ​​​
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I look forward to seeing you there!
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Matt
Dates and Content for 2024/25
Brookwood Primary School Dates
Goldsworth Primary School Dates
Autumn 1:
Telling stories
12th September - 17th October
13th September - 18th October
Introduction to basic stagecraft, how to use your body and facial expressions to convey emotions and communicate with an audience. Children will be taught the basics of warming bodies and voices up for performance. Introduction to mask work, is it possible to tell a story using just breath and body language? Visiting the 4 stock characters of Commedia Dell’ arte (Zanni, Pantalone, Innamorati and Il Capitano) to create a firm understanding how stories through body language can be created.
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Autumn 2:
An introduction to Shakespeare
7th November - 12th December
8th November - 13th December
Introduction to Shakespeare at a basic level so to be accessible for all. Focus on speeches and scenes from The Tempest (Prospero’s soliloquy) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck’s Soliloquy). A breakdown of some of the language used in these speeches – building on previous learning, how can this be physicalised? End Half term with a poem children will be guided to learn: The Night Before Christmas, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, or a speech from The Winters Tale which can be performed to parents.​​​​
Who are the workshops for?
Brookwood Primary School or Goldsworth Primary School Pupils in KS2 - suitable for all abilities!
What are the timings?
The Club starts straight after school and runs for 60mins. Please collect your child promptly:
Brookwood - 4:15pm
Goldsworth - 4:20pm
What is your behaviour policy?
I believe that every child deserves an equal opportunity to enjoy these sessions. If a child is preventing others from doing this through poor behaviour, then action will be taken as follows:
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1. Verbal Warning
2. Yellow Card - trusted adult will be informed on pick up.
3. Red Card - trusted adult will be called to collect child immediately.
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Children will be informed of this process in the first session. Please speak to Matt if you have any questions about this.
Does my child need to bring anything?
Your child will need:
- Water
- A wild imagination!
Pricing (per child):
£7 per week
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£36 per six week block
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If you are interested, please fill out the Google Form using the link below to secure your child's place. Here you can also find payment details.
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Spring 1:
Acting is reacting
9th January - 13th February
10th January - 14th February
Children will be introduced to the idea of duologues, we will explore what makes an effective performance when there is more than one person on stage performing. Notice and react to what the other person is doing in the scene, work as a team on stage to tell the story. How can we help each other deliver a better performance? What to do onstage if something goes wrong?
Summer 1:
The Ensemble
24th April - 22nd May (5 Weeks)
25th April - 23rd May (5 Weeks)
The focus will be on teamwork and how other cast members can work together to boost the overall performance of a scene. Particular detail on breath, beats, echoes, moving in unison and making the scenery with bodies and levels. What is the impact when everyone speaks? What is the impact when no-one speaks? When would this element be most powerful in a performance?
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Summer 2:
Devising Theatre
5th June - 10th July
6th June - 11th July
In the final half term, children will be taught how to effectively devise a short scene in a small group. There will be a focus on clowning and how to engage an audience with physical comedy using repetition, eye contact and melodrama. This will give children lots of ideas to apply to create a short scene that can be performed for parents. Children have the opportunity to write their own small scripts with guidance.