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Shakespeare’s Plays

Subject: Literacy/Storytelling, Shakespeare

Age Group: KS1, KS2, Reception

Region: London/Greater London, North West, South West, West Midlands

Introduce your class to Shakespeare in a fun and accessible way, using movement and vocalisation in a KS1 and KS2 Shakespeare workshop! Bring one of the Bard’s famous plays to life, exploring the plot, experimenting with the language and taking on a host of captivating characters.

Choose from the following plays:

  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (KS1 & KS2)
  • Hamlet (KS2)
  • The Merchant of Venice (KS2)
  • Macbeth (KS2)
  • Romeo and Juliet (KS2)
  • The Tempest (KS1 & KS2)
  • Twelfth Night (KS2)

All our Shakespeare’s plays workshops use original text which is woven into the workshop in a child friendly way. The children are encouraged to experiment with the sounds, rhythms and beauty of his language.

The workshop will deepen the children’s understanding of your chosen play. The teamwork format is ideal for developing communication skills and the character’ dilemmas raise the issues of morality, decision-making and choice.

KS1 and KS2 Shakespeare workshop
 

Why choose Freshwater?

Our sessions:

  • Are highly interactive, offering hands-on learning, which allow all your pupils to access the topic.
  • Add depth and richness to the curriculum and stimulate further learning.
  • Use carefully chosen drama techniques, so that children feel a personal involvement in the topic which helps to embed subject knowledge.
  • Allow the teacher an opportunity to observe pupils’ progress from a different perspective.
  • Are led by experienced drama facilitators who immerse the children in an imaginative world, helping to make learning fun!

 

Important Events Link

  • Shakespeare Week (18th-24th March 2024)
  • Shakespeare’s Birthday, 1564 (23rd April)

Children were totally captivated and enthralled by the workshop. They have not stopped repeating some of the lines that were learnt. Totally professional.

Kathryn Grundy, Hylands Primary School, Romford

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Details

  • Length of session: 60 minutes

  • Price: £148 + VAT (there may be an additional charge for travel)

  • Number of Children: up to 30

  • Extra children are negotiable

  • All facilitators are DBS checked

Curriculum Link

  • Shakespeare and Literacy

Key Areas

  • Physicalising key characters from your chosen play

  • Tableaux for important scenes and locations from your chosen play

  • Shakespearian insults!

  • Abridged version of the play

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