Dramarama

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Non-stop drama fun for children aged 3.5-6 years old with creative activities that aim to develop self-confidence and performance-awareness. Stories and acting adventures are devised daily. Specialised workshop sessions offer a range of carefully selected creative exercises to improve voice-projection, focus, concentration, and confidence. Drama activities will encourage each child to practise listening skills and turn-taking in a fun and creative learning environment. Drama games will nurture the children’s social skills and encourage curiosity and a desire to learn. A DAY AT DRAMATOTS Dramatots participate in a variety of fun and creative drama games and activities designed to spark curiosity, encourage improvisation and provoke imagination. Specialised daily workshop sessions are structured to include regular toilet trips and breaks. The structure of a day at Dramatots: On the first day, the teacher will introduce themselves and their assistant to the children, and the children to each other. Throughout the week, the assistant will repeat instructions as necessary to ensure that all the children are fully aware of what is expected of them, and are confident to participate in all of the group’s activities. In both morning and afternoon sessions, all children will be given the opportunity to lead a game or exercise. Upon arrival each day, the children will be registered and taken for a toilet-trip, and to wash their hands. The teacher will explain to the group what they will be doing that day. Morning Session Warm up and physical/movement games and exercises, aimed to expend energy and channel excitement in a creative, nurturing environment. Children will have a mid-morning short, supervised snack break. Creative and imaginative activities and games, to develop self-awareness and performance-awareness. The aim is to build confidence, develop voice-projection/communication and enhance listening skills as the children follow the teacher’s instructions and cues. There is also emphasis on teamwork, taking turns, and working together as a group. Supervised Lunchtime The teacher will ensure that children eat all the food provided. Afternoon Session Focus on story-telling and acting adventures including Dramarama’s special rolling stories; the children will devise stories and acting scenes and are not expected to learn or remember lines; instead they will build on their understanding and retention of a story by repeating the lines spoken by the teacher. All children are given a character role to play; some stories are original, based on the children’s own ideas and interests, as well as their dressing-up characters, and some are based on excerpts from family-friendly published stories. Children will be provided with information and cues as an introduction to early stage direction. End of Day Summary The drama teacher will provide a recap of the day’s games and activities, reminding children what they have done.

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Our Youth Theatre Group is for performers aged 12-14. Students take part in advanced level drama technique exercises, voice-work, and performance skills training. Our five-day Show Camps also include rehearsals for an end of week play, and our three/four-day camps are Drama Workshops Youth Theatre Group courses have a minimum of 10 students in the group so friends wanting to work together are welcome to enrol at the same time. Please note that we do not offer Youth Theatre Group Camps for every holiday week. A DAY AT DRAMARAMA YOUTH THEATRE GROUP The camp focuses on keys scenes from Musical Theatre Shows or plays. For 5-day courses, students rehearse and prepare during the week for and end of week Show to parents/carers. Please note: We ask that parents provide a named, nut-free packed lunch each day. Students should wear comfortable clothing, please ensure that all removable clothing is clearly named. Students who are travelling independently and have a mobile phone must ensure that teh phone is switched off while on site, for the duration of the camp. Please provide on the registration form all relevant medical information and the names of adults authorised to collect/notification that your child is an independent traveller.

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Our holiday drama camps offer fun and creative activities especially chosen to develop self-confidence, focus and concentration. Dramarama camps encompass a wide-range of performance arts training and introduce children to a variety of genres, themes and styles, with an introduction to Musical Theatre. Children take part in a wide range of fun and creative drama games, activities and exercises to develop dramatic technique, performance awareness and self-confidence. Children are placed together in age-related groups; please let us know if your child has friends of the same age attending, so that they can be together. Please provide a named, nut-free packed lunch and snacks each day, in packets/containers that your child is able to open. Please ensure that all food items which may be a choking hazard are sliced. Please provide cutlery if necessary. We do not have facilities on-site to heat or refrigerate food. Children should wear comfortable clothing, please ensure that all removable items are named (e.g. coats, cardigans, hoodies etc.) Children are not permitted to bring toys, special items or mobile phones to the camp. Please note, the school does not allow parents/carers to leave scooters, bikes, pushchairs on-site. All Dramarama camps are drop-off sessions; parents/carers cannot come on-site to watch the camp, to settle a child, or to use the school's toilet facilities.

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Our holiday drama camps offer fun and creative activities especially chosen to develop self-confidence, focus and concentration. Dramarama camps encompass a wide-range of performance arts training and introduce children to a variety of genres, themes and styles, with an introduction to Musical Theatre. Children take part in a wide range of fun and creative drama games, activities and exercises to develop dramatic technique, performance awareness and self-confidence. Children are placed together in age-related groups; please let us know if your child has friends of the same age attending, so that they can be together. Please provide a named, nut-free packed lunch and snacks each day, in packets/containers that your child is able to open. Please ensure that all food items which may be a choking hazard are sliced. Please provide cutlery if necessary. We do not have facilities on-site to heat or refrigerate food. Children should wear comfortable clothing, please ensure that all removable items are named (e.g. coats, cardigans, hoodies etc.) Children are not permitted to bring toys, special items or mobile phones to the camp. Please note, the school does not allow parents/carers to leave scooters, bikes, pushchairs on-site. All Dramarama camps are drop-off sessions; parents/carers cannot come on-site to watch the camp, to settle a child, or to use the school's toilet facilities.

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Our holiday drama camps offer fun and creative activities especially chosen to develop self-confidence, focus and concentration. Dramarama camps encompass a wide-range of performance arts training and introduce children to a variety of genres, themes and styles, with an introduction to Musical Theatre. Children take part in a wide range of fun and creative drama games, activities and exercises to develop dramatic technique, performance awareness and self-confidence. Children are placed together in age-related groups; please let us know if your child has friends of the same age attending, so that they can be together. Please provide a named, nut-free packed lunch and snacks each day, in packets/containers that your child is able to open. Please ensure that all food items which may be a choking hazard are sliced. Please provide cutlery if necessary. We do not have facilities on-site to heat or refrigerate food. Children should wear comfortable clothing, please ensure that all removable items are named (e.g. coats, cardigans, hoodies etc.) Children are not permitted to bring toys, special items or mobile phones to the camp. Please note, the school does not allow parents/carers to leave scooters, bikes, pushchairs on-site. All Dramarama camps are drop-off sessions; parents/carers cannot come on-site to watch the camp, to settle a child, or to use the school's toilet facilities.

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Non-stop drama fun for children aged 3.5-6 years old with creative activities that aim to develop self-confidence and performance-awareness. Stories and acting adventures are devised daily. Specialised workshop sessions offer a range of carefully selected creative exercises to improve voice-projection, focus, concentration, and confidence. Drama activities will encourage each child to practise listening skills and turn-taking in a fun and creative learning environment. Drama games will nurture the children’s social skills and encourage curiosity and a desire to learn. A DAY AT DRAMATOTS Dramatots participate in a variety of fun and creative drama games and activities designed to spark curiosity, encourage improvisation and provoke imagination. Specialised daily workshop sessions are structured to include regular toilet trips and breaks. The structure of a day at Dramatots: On the first day, the teacher will introduce themselves and their assistant to the children, and the children to each other. Throughout the week, the assistant will repeat instructions as necessary to ensure that all the children are fully aware of what is expected of them, and are confident to participate in all of the group’s activities. In both morning and afternoon sessions, all children will be given the opportunity to lead a game or exercise. Upon arrival each day, the children will be registered and taken for a toilet-trip, and to wash their hands. The teacher will explain to the group what they will be doing that day. Morning Session Warm up and physical/movement games and exercises, aimed to expend energy and channel excitement in a creative, nurturing environment. Children will have a mid-morning short, supervised snack break. Creative and imaginative activities and games, to develop self-awareness and performance-awareness. The aim is to build confidence, develop voice-projection/communication and enhance listening skills as the children follow the teacher’s instructions and cues. There is also emphasis on teamwork, taking turns, and working together as a group. Supervised Lunchtime The teacher will ensure that children eat all the food provided. Afternoon Session Focus on story-telling and acting adventures including Dramarama’s special rolling stories; the children will devise stories and acting scenes and are not expected to learn or remember lines; instead they will build on their understanding and retention of a story by repeating the lines spoken by the teacher. All children are given a character role to play; some stories are original, based on the children’s own ideas and interests, as well as their dressing-up characters, and some are based on excerpts from family-friendly published stories. Children will be provided with information and cues as an introduction to early stage direction. End of Day Summary The drama teacher will provide a recap of the day’s games and activities, reminding children what they have done.

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Non-stop drama fun for children aged 3.5-6 years old with creative activities that aim to develop self-confidence and performance-awareness. Stories and acting adventures are devised daily. Specialised workshop sessions offer a range of carefully selected creative exercises to improve voice-projection, focus, concentration, and confidence. Drama activities will encourage each child to practise listening skills and turn-taking in a fun and creative learning environment. Drama games will nurture the children’s social skills and encourage curiosity and a desire to learn. A DAY AT DRAMATOTS Dramatots participate in a variety of fun and creative drama games and activities designed to spark curiosity, encourage improvisation and provoke imagination. Specialised daily workshop sessions are structured to include regular toilet trips and breaks. The structure of a day at Dramatots: On the first day, the teacher will introduce themselves and their assistant to the children, and the children to each other. Throughout the week, the assistant will repeat instructions as necessary to ensure that all the children are fully aware of what is expected of them, and are confident to participate in all of the group’s activities. In both morning and afternoon sessions, all children will be given the opportunity to lead a game or exercise. Upon arrival each day, the children will be registered and taken for a toilet-trip, and to wash their hands. The teacher will explain to the group what they will be doing that day. Morning Session Warm up and physical/movement games and exercises, aimed to expend energy and channel excitement in a creative, nurturing environment. Children will have a mid-morning short, supervised snack break. Creative and imaginative activities and games, to develop self-awareness and performance-awareness. The aim is to build confidence, develop voice-projection/communication and enhance listening skills as the children follow the teacher’s instructions and cues. There is also emphasis on teamwork, taking turns, and working together as a group. Supervised Lunchtime The teacher will ensure that children eat all the food provided. Afternoon Session Focus on story-telling and acting adventures including Dramarama’s special rolling stories; the children will devise stories and acting scenes and are not expected to learn or remember lines; instead they will build on their understanding and retention of a story by repeating the lines spoken by the teacher. All children are given a character role to play; some stories are original, based on the children’s own ideas and interests, as well as their dressing-up characters, and some are based on excerpts from family-friendly published stories. Children will be provided with information and cues as an introduction to early stage direction. End of Day Summary The drama teacher will provide a recap of the day’s games and activities, reminding children what they have done.

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Our Youth Theatre Group is for performers aged 12-14. Students take part in advanced level drama technique exercises, voice-work, and performance skills training. Our five-day Show Camps also include rehearsals for an end of week play, and our three/four-day camps are Drama Workshops Youth Theatre Group courses have a minimum of 10 students in the group so friends wanting to work together are welcome to enrol at the same time. Please note that we do not offer Youth Theatre Group Camps for every holiday week. A DAY AT DRAMARAMA YOUTH THEATRE GROUP The camp focuses on keys scenes from Musical Theatre Shows or plays. For 5-day courses, students rehearse and prepare during the week for and end of week Show to parents/carers. Please note: We ask that parents provide a named, nut-free packed lunch each day. Students should wear comfortable clothing, please ensure that all removable clothing is clearly named. Students who are travelling independently and have a mobile phone must ensure that teh phone is switched off while on site, for the duration of the camp. Please provide on the registration form all relevant medical information and the names of adults authorised to collect/notification that your child is an independent traveller.

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Our holiday drama camps offer fun and creative activities especially chosen to develop self-confidence, focus and concentration. Dramarama camps encompass a wide-range of performance arts training and introduce children to a variety of genres, themes and styles, with an introduction to Musical Theatre. Children take part in a wide range of fun and creative drama games, activities and exercises to develop dramatic technique, performance awareness and self-confidence. Children are placed together in age-related groups; please let us know if your child has friends of the same age attending, so that they can be together. Please provide a named, nut-free packed lunch and snacks each day, in packets/containers that your child is able to open. Please ensure that all food items which may be a choking hazard are sliced. Please provide cutlery if necessary. We do not have facilities on-site to heat or refrigerate food. Children should wear comfortable clothing, please ensure that all removable items are named (e.g. coats, cardigans, hoodies etc.) Children are not permitted to bring toys, special items or mobile phones to the camp. Please note, the school does not allow parents/carers to leave scooters, bikes, pushchairs on-site. All Dramarama camps are drop-off sessions; parents/carers cannot come on-site to watch the camp, to settle a child, or to use the school's toilet facilities.

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Our holiday drama camps offer fun and creative activities especially chosen to develop self-confidence, focus and concentration. Dramarama camps encompass a wide-range of performance arts training and introduce children to a variety of genres, themes and styles, with an introduction to Musical Theatre. Children take part in a wide range of fun and creative drama games, activities and exercises to develop dramatic technique, performance awareness and self-confidence. Children are placed together in age-related groups; please let us know if your child has friends of the same age attending, so that they can be together. Please provide a named, nut-free packed lunch and snacks each day, in packets/containers that your child is able to open. Please ensure that all food items which may be a choking hazard are sliced. Please provide cutlery if necessary. We do not have facilities on-site to heat or refrigerate food. Children should wear comfortable clothing, please ensure that all removable items are named (e.g. coats, cardigans, hoodies etc.) Children are not permitted to bring toys, special items or mobile phones to the camp. Please note, the school does not allow parents/carers to leave scooters, bikes, pushchairs on-site. All Dramarama camps are drop-off sessions; parents/carers cannot come on-site to watch the camp, to settle a child, or to use the school's toilet facilities.

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Advanced drama technique, voice-work, and performance skills training for 11-15 year-olds in Yr7-Yr10. Students will explore keys scenes, songs, and movement from selected Musical Theatre/Stage Shows. This camp must be booked as a full week.

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Four days of Drama fun! Children will enjoy a range of drama games and technique exercises, carefully selected to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to develop self-confidence, together with performance and voice technique. While children are encouraged to make new friends, if they attend with friends of the same age they will be placed in the same group. Children are allocated into Drama Stage One, Stage Two or Stage Three according to age and school year. This camp must be booked as a full week.

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Five days of non-stop drama fun with specialised creative activities that aim to develop self-confidence and performance-awareness. Stories, acting adventures and plays are devised daily. Children are invited to attend wearing their favourite dressing-up clothes so that we can create original stories for their unique characters. New Dramatots joining us for our holiday course must be aged at least 3 and a half years old and have attended nursery school for at least one full term. Dramatots must be confidently toilet trained for a minimum of 3 months, children cannot attending wearing nappies or pull ups. Our Holiday Camp bookings are for the full week (Mon-Friday)

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