What was it like for children in the Second World War? How did it feel to be an evacuee? Participants are encouraged to empathise with the feelings and experiences of evacuees and the family members left behind, using photographs, posters and poetry as source material to explore history through performance.īy retelling a Greek myth the class learns about the origins of modern theatre and how it links to the ancient Olympian gods and goddesses. Our local history workshop has been developed in partnership with Harrogate Museums and Arts. This workshop is an inspiring way to kick-start your Harrogate topic as we meet Betty Lupton, smell the sulphur water and act out key moments from Harrogate's watery past to bring local history to life. It was good to see children who do not always respond to drama throwing themselves into it and giving it a go" Jess Hurst, Oatlands Junior Schoolįor more information or to book call Hannah Draper on 01423 502 710 ext. "Everything ran smoothly and the children really enjoyed themselves. Below is a selection of the workshops we offer primary schools. HTe workshops start from as little as £60 and can be adapted to suit your class and learning objectives. Have them dip the half eggs (circle part) into paints and make egg prints.Harrogate Theatres education department prides itself on developing learning through creativity. Provide children with plastic eggs of all sizes. Play a version of Hot Potato but substitute a green plastic Easter egg for the potato. Make your own green eggs and ham simply by adding a few drops of food coloring to the milk when you are beating the eggs.They will learn to use flatter, bigger stones on the bottom. Have children roll a dice and stack that many stones. Get a bag of rocks or stones (from dollar store or home store). For a fun game, see how high you can stack them.
Let children stuff with newspaper and decorate. Use construction paper for head and feet. Make a turtle by stapling or lacing two paper plates together.Once they have picked a pair they have to guess whose shoes they are! Blindfold one child and have them feel around. Put all the children's shoes in a pile.Trace them and put them in order of smallest to largest. Or have children sit in a chair and dip their feet into finger paint, and let them paint with their feet. Make a foot poster by tracing the children's feet onto butcher paper.(Hair color, Boy or Girl, Type of shirt they are wearing, etc). Have two children at a time stand in front of the group and talk about what is the same about them and what is different. Talk about similarities and differences.Play McBean Says (like Simon Says) by having children put the star on their nose, raise the star in the air, place the star on the floor, etc. Using a large ball, have kids pass the ball to someone who is different from them.
Every other person in a circle gets a star to wear on their bellies. Provide different ways to balance (on one foot, on heels, on toes, walking a straight line.) and give children bean bags to balance one on their head, elbow, back, foot, etc. Make a toilet paper tube Cat in the Hat craft.Add a thin cherry tomato slice and repeat.