Theatre Exchange For Younger Children (KS1)

Detailed below is our current programme of workshop experiences.  Workshops are either 1 ½ or 2 hours in duration and are accompanied with key props and costumes for both children and practitioners. All we require from you is a large space (a school hall is ideal) and a CD player.

These workshops can be geared for either KS1 or KS2 classes, however we have discovered with their fun and playful style, they are particularly suited for KS1 students. Each workshop lasts 1 ½ hours.

NEW! Making Maths

This is a new workshop which has been developed alongside teachers with the aim of providing a creative approach to maths which is fun and encourages enthusiasm in maths learning from the children. The children will travel to Sums-on-Sea village where we find all is in disarray as the numbers in this village have become mixed up. By working with characters from the village, Farmer Times-Sign and Mrs Measure from the Post Office, the children will solve number problems and using their bodies will explore number bonds and simple addition and subtraction. Theywill apply values and coin combinations and learn to recombine the numbers so the village makes sense once again.

The Human Body

This workshop is a fun exploration of the human body and an excellent way to introduce ideas of healthy living. Together with Professor Frazzle, the students are shrunk by Arnold’s Shrinking Machine and accidently find themselves in his stomach. From there they journey to meet the red blood cells and broken heart and finally visit the lungs and sleepy brain. Along the way the students acquire all the information they need to teach Arnold how to treat his body with care and respect.

The Fire of London

This is a wonderful workshop not only for teaching the story behind the history, but also as part of developing ideas of teamwork and empathising with others. The students step back in time and experience what life was like for Londoners living on ‘Pudding Lane’ in 1666. They discover how the cramped conditions and highly flammable housing helped the fire to spread faster and further than any fire in London before or since. As they desperately try to save their homes and possessions they meet Mayor Thomas Bludworth, Samuel Pepys and King Charles II.