Drama at The Manor covers all of the year groups, from Pre-Nursery up to Year 6.
In Year 1, the children alternate their lessons each week with the Head of Drama. One week they have a library and storytelling lesson; the next week they have a drama lesson. In drama, the children cover topics including:
These topics link to their Creative Curriculum and begin the children’s development of their performance and drama skills. During the year, the children perform a class assembly to the school and their parents.
Children in Year 2 also have alternate lessons with the Head of Drama, as in Year 1. In drama lessons the children cover the following topics:
These topics link to their Creative Curriculum and continues the progress the children have made in their dramatic abilities. The children perform a year group play in the Spring Term.
All the children will take part in age-appropriate Poetry Festivals either reciting poems together or learning poems to perform to their peers and staff.
