Lessons & Resources

Back To School Mystery

Thank you sooo much for this! It’s been a lifesaver and an absolute joy to ease into the dark and icy return from the Christmas holidays with some unexpected fun and very engaging learning experiences with all 4 of the classes I cover in my 3 contracted days [a p3-4 composite, a P5 and two P6 classes]!

The pupils I work with here at Smithton Primary, in Inverness, have loved being detectives and suspects and exercising their fascinating and limitless imaginations!

And I have loved facilitating this and observing and supporting their burgeoning dramatic expression!

Sarah Houston, Smithton PS , Inverness

Vikings

The children were able to apply what they had learned in class to the drama pack – Viking Complete.

It flowed nicely with the IDL topic. Children were very creative and really enjoyed it, they looked forward to it every week. As a teacher the lesson plans are very detailed and have the music alongside it.

This is great as it means that it cuts my workload down a little as I don’t need to plan this. They are very useful and are very easy to use.

Amanda Carmichael, Canal View PS, Edinburgh

I Am MacIain – Jacobites

Wow!  Your script has really got the pupils engaged and enthralled. 

They have been learning their lines and we’ve been having rehearsals over the last few days. 

Even during the Christmas holidays, the children were practising with their scene partners and all they want to do is act. 

Some have even created animations based on the Glencoe massacre.  They certainly have caught the drama bug thanks to your script.

Colin Hunter, Teacher, Bellsquarry PS

Drama has helped me to make connections between how ordinary clan people were affected during the Glencoe massacre. I know what it was like to be rich and sneaky and what it was like to be poor and to live off the land.

Bellsquarry Pupil

I have really enjoyed playing my part of Sir John Dalrymple and I don’t want it to end. I have been doing in- depth learning to help me with my character and to bring it to life. It is the best drama experience that I have ever had.

Bellsquarry Pupil

Scots Entertainment Lessons and Play

I took a gamble taking this on for such a young class but I am so glad I did. From the moment I introduced this to my children there was a buzz in the classroom. They took full ownership of it; from the bits they wanted included, music they could add, lines they could change; props they thought would work and actually making some of these.

We linked this to a Scottish topic so alongside learning their lines for their performance they also did little history lessons on the people they were performing.

Pupils who normally don’t put themselves forward for things were brimming with confidence by the time it was show time. I had one or two pupils who initially didn’t want a part but within a week or two of rehearsals and watching others they changed their minds and we tweaked the script to accommodate them.

I can’t thank Julie enough for her help and support when preparing for this.

As someone myself who comes from no drama experience and who used to want to crawl under a rock when the word drama was mentioned, I cannot express how easy this resource was to use and inspire children.

Jade Telfer, Teacher, St Joseph’s

We enjoyed all the different costumes and the scene changes were amazing. The humour and thought that went into the script was very good.

Parent- St Joseph’s

I liked that we got to add jokes and our own lines to it.

Pupil, St Joseph’s

The Awfy Braw Bonaly Waxworks

The Drama Studio provided a draft script for the annual Scots Night  about  wax figures which come to life.

The script was based on famous figures from Scottish history and allowed the children to gain an insight into the influence they have had  on Scottish culture today.   

This basic script allowed the learners at Bonaly to add their own scenes and characters which gave it a personal feel.  A name was selected for the play and ‘The Awfy Braw Bonaly Waxworks’ was created.  

We hired costumes from the Drama Studio which allowed our pupils to really get into character. The performance was great and it was lovely to have the staff from the Drama Studio there to see how the children had used the original script.

Linda Darroch, DHT Bonaly PS, Edinburgh

Fluffy In The Wild Wood

We’ve been using drama as a stimulus for writing and it’s been great.

The engagement is amazing and their desire to write extends way past their writing session.

We did your brilliant Fluffy in the Wood lesson last Thursday and my class drew pictures and wrote about the animals they met all day long.

We have 67 P1’s across 3 classes and each class had the same experience as I did. Thanks so much for attaching it! I’ll get the pictures of their writing tweeted on the school account this week . 

Jen Grieg – Calderwood PS