London Drama News
'Rarely Cover'
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Borough Drama
Is your borough organised for Drama? Does it provide INSET or CPD courses? London Drama can support the development of initiatives and programmes for drama in boroughs. Please contact us if you would like more information.
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School Support
If your school would like to develop drama training please contact us. We will advise on or provide active resourcing.
Youth Theatres
Get Into Theatre helps you find out about career opportunities, work experience, training and much more.
Conferences
Theatre Applications: Performance with a Purpose
An International Conference
Wednesday 21-Friday 23 April 2010
Central School of Speech and Drama, Eton Avenue, London, NW3 3HY
More info
New Publications
School Improvement Through Drama
by Patrice Baldwin
This new book by Patrice Baldwin is a guide to teaching drama effectively at KS1-3, along with advice for how it can be used for teaching and learning across the entire curriculum.
More info and/or buy here
Teaching Primary Drama
by Brian Woolland
This new book by Brian Woolland is a comprehensive guide to how drama can influence and improve teaching in the Primary classroom.
More info and/or buy here
London Drama Members!
Get 5% discount on School Improvement Through Drama, Teaching Primary Drama and all London Drama books. Applies also to members of National Drama and English Speaking Board. Find out more
Drama Champions
Drama Champions is an up and running Action Research Project created by Nina Birch from Southwark, in partnership with London Drama and Southwark Theatres Education Partnership (STEP). The project aims to collect and cllate evidence that standards of learning can be significantly enhanced and improved through the use of drama in the classroom.
The quality of provision must be outstanding therefore the teachers and educators involved in the project receive training and CPD from some of the most respected and forward thinking practitioners and theorists in the country.
Drama Champions started in Southwark in 2006 and has made a huge impact in the quality of drama being taught across the borough. The action research clearly demonstrated the relationship between the use of quality drama and improvement in pupils writing. (Links to other subjects – maths, history, geography etc. were made but the focus of the Action Research was primarily Literacy)
One of the Southwark Drama Champions became a Deputy Head in Croydon and in 2009 Croydon Drama Champions was initiated.
If you wish to start a Drama Champions programme in your Borough please email London Drama Office.
Go to Southwark Drama Champions
Go to Croydon Drama Champions
Go to Evaluations and Photos
Coming up
Physical Theatre with Frantic Assembly
led by Neil Bettles
on Saturday 13 March 2010: 10am-3.30pm
Venue: The Judi Dench Rehearsal Studio, The Unicorn Theatre, SE1 2HZ: Map
More info.
Care and Good Use of the Voice
led by Amanda Kipling
Tuesday 16th March 2010: 6.30-8.30pm
at Central School of Speech and Drama. Map
More info
Courses Survey
We are always keen to hear what drama courses you would like us to arrange for you. Please tell us at Courses.
Mapping Drama Practice
Take the Survey of Drama Practice: it will only take a minute
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Wanted: Edexcel Visiting Examiners & Chair of Examiners
Edexcel is recruiting Visiting Examiners for GCSE Drama
Joining Edexcel’s Assessment Associate Team offers an opportunity to gain greater insight into the assessment of candidates. If you are a qualified Drama teacher this will enable you to enhance your expertise within the classroom and will assist you in preparing your students for their exams.
Also recruiting for Chair of Examiners. For more details go to GCE Drama Chair.
For more information about the role, fees, benefits for either of the opportunities and how to apply, please visit: www.edexcel.com/aa-recruitment
Please quote London Drama Website as your source of information.
