One-to-One Drama Teacher Training

I had the pleasure of meeting Julie recently and attending a One-To-One session on delivering drama to pupils in the primary school setting. I found the session extremely worthwhile.

It gave me ideas for new, inclusive games where children can develop their creativity through their active participation. It made me look afresh at how I deliver drama and the benefits of moving from predominantly directive teaching to more Teacher in Role work to unleash the children’s natural creativity.

I learned a lot from Julie and would highly recommend taking the opportunity to attend any drama courses she is running.

Audrey McLeod – Goodlyburn Primary School

Thank you for  the info on the background to the Drama Literacy pilot etc. during my interview I talked about this a lot and the impact it’s having in our school and I’m so grateful, I was successful at interview too, so thank you very much.

Leah Bell – Commercial PS, Dunfermline

I owe Julie and the Drama Studio team a massive thank you! She helped me prepare for a big teaching interview, one for my dream job which I truly believe I was successful in down to the support I received.

For an interview Julie helped me to break down my Space lesson plan to help maximise the time and took me through teacher in role technique as the key method of teaching delivery to get the most out of the children.   
She was encouraging and had fantastic ideas which helped me perform confidently on interview day.

The Drama Studio team have a wealth of experience that are very child focused which is why I always recommend them when parents ask me about drama classes to send their children to.

If you need advice about teaching Drama in your day to day lessons or preparing for an interview then get in touch with Julie at the Drama Studio, I promise you you will not regret it.

Alexis Curran – Drama Teacher, Stewart’s Melville School

I have run my own children’s performing arts academy for the last 11 years, which I adore, but as my children are now getting older I decided to add to this and follow another of my dreams and apply to become a primary school teacher.

During the process I had to present a 10 minute talk on how I would engage Year 2 children in a short learning activity. With my background I decided to base this on reading comprehension though a drama based activity.

I approached Julie (who has helped me since I started Greasepaint, all those years ago, with wonderful lesson plans!) and found as always, she was only too happy to help and provide guidance on how I could achieve this effectively.

Julie explained about the drama literacy learning programme, which is being used as a stimulus for literacy, particularly writing, and how as the teacher I could apply the ‘teacher in role’ technique to grab the children’s attention and focus.

I therefore explained that I would become the various characters within the story, and encourage the children to take part, asking them to do certain things or enquiring how they felt about a certain point in the story i.e how do think X would feel? What can your character see / smell / hear?

By applying this technique the children were able to fully immerse themselves in the story, helping it to make sense to them and therefore able to comprehend the meaning and intention of the writer.

I am happy to say that I was accepted onto the course, thank you so much Julie!

Rachel Miller, Greasepaint Academy