Tudor Dance workshop
Using exciting and creative dance and drama techniques the children will have the opportunity to create their very own Tudor dance to traditional music of the time. This workshop is most effective for groups with some knowledge of the subject matter.
By using images and music from tudor times as a starting point, children will have the opportunity to bring history to life by learning a traditional tudor dance, and have a go at creating their own. We will consider shape, sequence, and repetition in creating our work, and use traditional sequence and baroque movements to help us create our sequences.
The workshop will begin with a warm up, leading on to a taught routine followed by a group task in which the participants will be asked to create their own sequences inspired by the shapes and movements of the original sequence. If desired, the final dance may be shared at the end of the session/day with other classes in the school.
The workshops will include games, movement improvisation tasks, group work, speaking and listening exercises and role play opportunities.Through dynamic delivery and inspirational tasks the children will have an enjoyable and informative journey into history, leaving them with tangible experiences from which to draw upon in their writing.
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Pastime and Good Company - Songs From The Tudor Age- John
In this busy and fun workshop, writer and storyteller John introduces the class to a number of Tudor songs, both familiar and unfamiliar, before, accompanied by his much-travelled mini-guitar, teaching one or two of them to the group.
Subject to time, this fun workshop can be tied in with a Shakespeare session, in which a short scene from a chosen play is linked with the framed songs.
Alternatively, based on the songs they've heard and sung earlier in the session, the class can work with John to write, perform and record their own original "Tudor" song.
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Workshop Facilitator: Bob
Name of Workshop The Great Fire of London
Duration of Workshop: Variable
Target age group: KS1-2
Class/group size: Adaptable
Workshop Content: Children will make a model of Bread Street, a ficticious but typical pre-fire London street. Every child will have model house that they can add windows, beams etc to before cutting out and glueing. They can add shop signs and people, carts, animals etc. I’ll provide a church and a large merchant’s house. All the buildings can then be placed or stuck onto a specially designed baseboard. This all takes 40-50 minutes. Both classes should be able to work on their street simultaneously. Later on flames (tissue paper) engulf the model
This is normally the start of a day of activities, which also cover the Plague as well as the fire. The next activity is about bringing the street to life by creating soundscapes. Children work in teams of say 8 to recreate the sounds of a London street: street cries of vendors; working noises; church bells; animals etc. Again about 40 minutes
Alternatively, there is the bucket chain gang game where teams compete to see who can get most ‘water’ on to the fire from a stand pump.
What the children can do, though this is usually left for them to do at a later date, is build another model of Bread street, this time as it would have been rebuilt after the fire: Brick terraced houses.
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Workshop Facilitator: Tom
Name of Workshop: Great Fire of London
Duration of Workshop: A day or Half day for two classes
Target age group: KS1
Class/group size: Can be run with between 10 and 70 children per session
Workshop Content:
You would be visited by a character from the 17th century who lived or has recently returned from a trip to London.
They will tell their story of the years of the Great Fire of London. The children will learn what life was like in the 17th century, get a chance to look at the clothes worn, the food eaten, what jobs there were, how the fire started and what happened during it. We will look at the plague and how doctoring and medicine differs from our modern age.
Our actor will be playing a character but will make the day accessible by the language they use and by explaining things in a way that can be comprehended by modern young minds.
We always recommend that schools make the day of the visit a Dressing Up Day, with the children (and teachers!) adopting home-made costume as this helps set the scene and makes the children feel more involved.
We make our visits as involved as possible using role plays, story telling, problem solving, questions, team work and artefact handling to help bring the history to life.
We tailor each visit to suit not only the age of the children but also where they are in the Topic cycle. If you would like certain parts of the topic covered or left out of the day this can be accommodated but please let us know so we have time to plan accordingly.
From the school, we will require a two tables to set up the display, a suitable parking space with access to unload and a reasonable amount of space for the number of children. We suggest using the hall for the majority of the day if possible as some activities benefit from plenty of space. If there is not a larger space available, please let me know and we can schedule less expansive activities.
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Using exciting and creative dance and drama techniques the children will have the opportunity to create their very own Tudor dance to traditional music of the time. This workshop is most effective for groups with some knowledge of the subject matter.
By using images and music from tudor times as a starting point, children will have the opportunity to bring history to life by learning a traditional tudor dance, and have a go at creating their own. We will consider shape, sequence, and repetition in creating our work, and use traditional sequence and baroque movements to help us create our sequences.
The workshop will begin with a warm up, leading on to a taught routine followed by a group task in which the participants will be asked to create their own sequences inspired by the shapes and movements of the original sequence. If desired, the final dance may be shared at the end of the session/day with other classes in the school.
The workshops will include games, movement improvisation tasks, group work, speaking and listening exercises and role play opportunities.Through dynamic delivery and inspirational tasks the children will have an enjoyable and informative journey into history, leaving them with tangible experiences from which to draw upon in their writing.
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Pastime and Good Company - Songs From The Tudor Age- John
In this busy and fun workshop, writer and storyteller John introduces the class to a number of Tudor songs, both familiar and unfamiliar, before, accompanied by his much-travelled mini-guitar, teaching one or two of them to the group.
Subject to time, this fun workshop can be tied in with a Shakespeare session, in which a short scene from a chosen play is linked with the framed songs.
Alternatively, based on the songs they've heard and sung earlier in the session, the class can work with John to write, perform and record their own original "Tudor" song.
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Workshop Facilitator: Bob
Name of Workshop The Great Fire of London
Duration of Workshop: Variable
Target age group: KS1-2
Class/group size: Adaptable
Workshop Content: Children will make a model of Bread Street, a ficticious but typical pre-fire London street. Every child will have model house that they can add windows, beams etc to before cutting out and glueing. They can add shop signs and people, carts, animals etc. I’ll provide a church and a large merchant’s house. All the buildings can then be placed or stuck onto a specially designed baseboard. This all takes 40-50 minutes. Both classes should be able to work on their street simultaneously. Later on flames (tissue paper) engulf the model
This is normally the start of a day of activities, which also cover the Plague as well as the fire. The next activity is about bringing the street to life by creating soundscapes. Children work in teams of say 8 to recreate the sounds of a London street: street cries of vendors; working noises; church bells; animals etc. Again about 40 minutes
Alternatively, there is the bucket chain gang game where teams compete to see who can get most ‘water’ on to the fire from a stand pump.
What the children can do, though this is usually left for them to do at a later date, is build another model of Bread street, this time as it would have been rebuilt after the fire: Brick terraced houses.
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Workshop Facilitator: Tom
Name of Workshop: Great Fire of London
Duration of Workshop: A day or Half day for two classes
Target age group: KS1
Class/group size: Can be run with between 10 and 70 children per session
Workshop Content:
You would be visited by a character from the 17th century who lived or has recently returned from a trip to London.
They will tell their story of the years of the Great Fire of London. The children will learn what life was like in the 17th century, get a chance to look at the clothes worn, the food eaten, what jobs there were, how the fire started and what happened during it. We will look at the plague and how doctoring and medicine differs from our modern age.
Our actor will be playing a character but will make the day accessible by the language they use and by explaining things in a way that can be comprehended by modern young minds.
We always recommend that schools make the day of the visit a Dressing Up Day, with the children (and teachers!) adopting home-made costume as this helps set the scene and makes the children feel more involved.
We make our visits as involved as possible using role plays, story telling, problem solving, questions, team work and artefact handling to help bring the history to life.
We tailor each visit to suit not only the age of the children but also where they are in the Topic cycle. If you would like certain parts of the topic covered or left out of the day this can be accommodated but please let us know so we have time to plan accordingly.
From the school, we will require a two tables to set up the display, a suitable parking space with access to unload and a reasonable amount of space for the number of children. We suggest using the hall for the majority of the day if possible as some activities benefit from plenty of space. If there is not a larger space available, please let me know and we can schedule less expansive activities.
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