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Latest Thinking Archive

2009

January

• What’s going to be exciting about Bounce this year?

2008

December

• Activities to celebrate Christmas

November

• Activities for Remembrance

October

• Teaching Oliver Twist - listening to language

September

• Ideas for National Poetry Day

• The process of directing a play

• Ideas to celebrate International Peace Day with primary school children

• Icebreakers - activities for a new class

August

• Exploring stories and structure with children

July

• The impact of drama and youth theatre

• Icebreakers - working with a new group.

June

• What makes good theatre?

• Story writing - games for children

May

• drama activities for children to explore the effects of climate change

• Game to teach children about muscles and movement

• more ideas for .... year 6 end of term performance- poetry!

• Ideas for ... Year 6 End of year performances

April

• assembly idea #3 Change

March

• Literacy through drama

February

• Activities for World Book Day

• Teaching children about the news

• Discussing characters in The Tempest

January

• Positive Relationships

• Developing children’s vocabulary

2007

December

• Story Writing exercises

November

• Story Settings

• Studying The Tempest

• Devising a christmas performance

• Generating ideas for Creative Writing

• Anti-bullying Resources

• Anti bullying Assembly Idea # 12

October

• Promoting Positive Relationships

• Story Telling Activities

• Creating Characters

September

• top tip - improving childrens speaking skills

• Assembly idea#7 Making healthy choices

• Games Spotlight - Speaking Shakespeare

• Assemblyidea#21 New Beginnings

August

• Game Spotlight - New Beginnings

July

• Game Spotlight - Stand Up

June

• Assembly Idea #1

May

• Creative Curriculum - Improvisation: An Effective Teaching Tool?

• Game Spotlight - The Great Game of Power

• Book Review - Theatre Games and Beyond

• Enjoy and Achieve - Fractious Year 5s

April

• Enjoy and Achieve – Classroom fighting

Year 5 student