Category: Drama
LAMDA Success for Lyndhurst
The results from the recent LAMDA exams were amazing, we had some great pass marks including 9 children passing with a merit and 19 children gaining a distinction. Fantastic results well done to all the LAMDA actors who took their exams this year.
Anglo Saxon – Year 3 Assembly
Year three gave a performance of their ‘Anglo-Saxon’ assembly in front of their parents this week. They were all brilliant on the stage, they delivered their lines clearly and loudly and performed the songs and dances with energy and enthusiasm. Well done year three, you are all stars!
Shakespeare Rocks – The Performance
Year 4 and 6 performed their production of ‘Shakespeare Rocks’ to a reduced audience in the Deacon Hall on Wednesday and Thursday last week. They all performed with energy and enthusiasm. The audience enjoyed the socially distanced performance which included a lot of comedy and some great catchy songs. The performance was filmed by Farnborough…
Drama – Places, Imagination & Rehearsals!
The topic for year one drama this half term is places. This week the children imagined they were on a magic carpet and flew to lots of different places, exploring each one before flying off on their carpets through the sky…. Meanwhile Year 4 & 6 did their dress rehearsal on Thursday, they all looked…
Drama – The Gruffalo
In drama Year two have been looking at incorporating sound into their performance of the story of ‘The Gruffalo’, working as an ensemble to perform the story in an imaginative way, using their voices to add atmosphere to the presentation. They produced some wonderful work and loved becoming all the different characters in the story.
Drama with Pre-Reception
Pre-Reception are loving their drama lessons. They enjoy playing drama games, warming up their voices by singing songs and nursery rhymes and exploring movement through dance and movement. They have been acting out stories, songs and nursery rhymes. This week they acted out the story of the Three Billy Goats. They loved becoming the characters…
Drama – Where for Art Thou?
Year five are studying Shakespeare plays this term, they are currently exploring ‘Romeo and Juliet’ They have had great fun becoming the feuding Montague and Capulet families, and using some of Shakespeare’s dialogue in their lessons.
LAMDA Exams
31 children took their LAMDA acting exams on Wednesday this week. They all performed their poems or scenes in front of the examiner and answered her questions. The children all enjoyed the experience even if some of them were a little nervous before they went in. I am sure they all did wonderfully and should…
Exciting times ahead in the Drama Department!
It is going to be an exciting term for the drama department this term. There is less than two weeks until the LAMDA students take their acting exams. Mrs Draper is very impressed with all her young actors, who are now line perfect and ready to give their best performance for the examiner on the…
Drama – Scripts & Directing
Year three have been using scripts and looking at the role of the director in drama this term. They have explored, casting, rehearsing, and performing short scripts. They think directing is an extremely difficult job, and have learnt that it is important to use the rehearsal time fully in order to get the best performance…
