LITERACY - Bringing A Story To Life - KS2

LITERACY BASED DRAMA WORKSHOP: KS2

BRINGING A STORY TO LIFE – INTERACTIVE DRAMA WORKSHOP

Books and stories are a great source of creative inspiration which can empower children, stimulate their imaginations and enhance learning and literacy skills. Bringing a story to life through drama deepens their knowledge of the text, its themes, and characters which encourages an emotional connection to the work. In our drama workshop, you choose the story – be it a traditional tale, a fairy story or a fable, have a look at our selected stories below or select a scene from a book you are working. The pupils themselves, led by our facilitator, bring the story to life using drama techniques, tableaux, language, action and props. Just let us know which story you would like to work on and we will do the rest.

We can work with four classes throughout the day on a one hour long drama workshop or go more in depth with two classes on a two hour long drama workshop. The two hour drama workshop develops the work they have already done on the story and then pupils get to make their own versions of scenes in the style of the author. This can lead on to them to writing out the scenes that they have created, and to further creative writing sessions in the classroom.

Suggested Format:

For 2 classes

Morning Workshop (2 hours long)

Introduction 9.00am
Warm up until 9.30am
Drama Workshop until 11.15 (With break)

Afternoon Workshop (2 hours long)

Introduction 1.00pm
Warm up until 1.30pm
Drama workshop until 3pm

For 4 classes

Morning Workshops (1 hour long)

9.30 – 10.30am (Class 1)
10.45 – 11.45am (Class 2)

Afternoon Workshops (1 hour long)

1 – 2pm (Class 3)
2 – 3pm (Class 4)

Designed for: KS2

Number of children: One class (approx 30 children) per workshop

Length of workshop: 1 hour (4 classes) / Two Hours (2 classes)

Maximum number of workshops in one day: Four

Space needed: School Hall or similar sized room.

Aesop’s Fables	Hans Christian Anderson	The Brothers Grimm	Traditional Tales	Poems
The Hare and the Tortoise	The Little Mermaid	Rapunzel	Alice in Wonderland	The Highwayman Alfred Noyles
The Serpent and the Eagle	The Red Shoes	Cinderella	Treasure Island	The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing	The Emperor’s New Clothes	Hansel and Gretel	Tom Sawyer	The Listeners Walter De La Mare
The Goose with the Golden Eggs	The Snow Queen	Little Red Riding Hood	Peter Pan	Inchcape Rock Robert Southey

If the story you are studying is not on this list, please tell us which story you would like to study and we will do our best to accommodate you. These stories are also available as a Play in a Day.

We also have Literacy based Drama Workshops designed for KS1.