MUSICAL THEATRE

In Musical Theatre for EYFS, pupils will have the opportunity to develop their confidence and understanding of characterisation and story telling. During 'The Lion King' the pupils will focus on building scenes of a performance and putting them together to create a story. They will learn about the different roles in musical theatre and will learn to play different roles each week. Pupils will use their imagination to think about stage setting and scenery and how they would move around it. This will culminate in 11 scenes being joined together to have a finished performance of The Lion King.

In Lite level 2 for reception pupils, the children will have the further chance to explore their creativity in the well loved Musical Aladdin. Pupils will be able to learn more about the characters they are about to portray and embody different emptions to make the scenes come alive. Using props throughout the 15 scenes, our instructor will have the opportunity to chose which scenes are chosen to be completed based on what they would like to work on with the class.

Drama in Keystage 1 is routed in confidence building and help pupils build skills in reading and spoken language. During 'The Lion King' pupils will be focusing on building a performance scene by scene and learning how to transition from one to another. They will learn about leading and supporting roles, but also equally, how everyone in a performance can be seen and how it plays a part in the experience for the audience. Pupils will have creative freedom on how a scene is set and how they move around it. This will culminate in 11 scenes being joined together to have a finished performance of the Lion King.

In Level 2 for Keystage 1 pupils are introduced to their next performance piece. Pupils will learn about auditioning and what you need to do to secure a role as an actor in a real world environment. Pupils will learn how to use a characters backstory to correctly portray a character and use their surroundings as well as the characters dialogue to help them decide how to depict the character in their movements.

Drama in Keystage 2 helps pupils build skills in reading and spoken language. During 'The Lion King' the pupils will be focusing on building scenes of a performance and learning how to transition from one scene to another. They will learn about leading and supporting roles, but also equally, how everyone in a performance can be seen and how it plays a part in the experience for the audience. Pupils will have creative freedom on how a scene is set and how they move around it. Pupils will look at the different way these scenes have been portrayed through animation, live action animation and on the sage. This course culminates in 11 scenes being joined together to have a finished performance of the Lion King.Drama in Keystage 2 helps pupils build skills in reading and spoken language. During 'The Lion King' the pupils will be focusing on building scenes of a performance and learning how to transition from one scene to another. They will learn about leading and supporting roles, but also equally, how everyone in a performance can be seen and how it plays a part in the experience for the audience. Pupils will have creative freedom on how a scene is set and how they move around it. Pupils will look at the different way these scenes have been portrayed through animation, live action animation and on the sage. This course culminates in 11 scenes being joined together to have a finished performance of the Lion King.

In Level 2 pupils move on from the Lion King and begin their next performance of Aladdin. Drama in Key stage 2 has strong links to the literacy curriculum, helping pupils build skills in reading and spoken language. During 'Aladdin' the pupils will be focusing on building scenes of a performance and learning how to transition from one scene to another. They will learn about leading and supporting roles, but also equally how everyone in a performance can be seen and plays a part in the experience for the audience. Pupils will have creative freedom on how a scene is set and how they move around it. This will culminate in 15 scenes being joined together to have a finished performance of Aladdin.