What we do
A FINDING THE WILL Primary School Workshop or Project Week, whether it be for KS1 or KS2, is an all-round, all inclusive, interactive learning experience. Workshops are also available for SEND Schools (KS3/4) – or Special Education Schools. A complimentary Teachers’ Pack is provided for every Interactive Workshop and Project Week booking.
An FTW Shakespeare workshop not only gives an understanding of a well-known Shakespeare play but also helps with:
- Listening skills
- Language development
- Team building
- Concentration
- Imagination
- Confidence boosting
- Empathy
- Resilience
- And it’s fun!
Interactive Workshops and Project Weeks on any of Shakespeare’s greatest hits!
- MACBETH – When shall we three meet again?
- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Ill met by moonlight proud Titania!
- THE TEMPEST – We are such stuff as dreams are made on.
- HAMLET – To be or not to be?
- TWELFTH NIGHT – If music be the food of love, play on!
- ROMEO AND JULIET – Two households both alike in dignity.
Workshops and Project Weeks We Offer
Primary School – 2 hour Interactive Workshop
- Interactive Workshop is aimed at KS1 and KS2.
- Children are encouraged to use their imaginations, answering questions and playing characters in the story.
- Children require no prior knowledge of the play, in fact we actively encourage teachers not to reveal the story before we arrive.
- Using minimal props and costumes the children act out the story and speak some of the original text.
- For children who feel more comfortable answering questions than performing, ample opportunity is given for them to shine.
- A complimentary Teachers’ Pack is provided.
Special Educational School – Bespoke Interactive Workshop
- Interactive Workshop is suitable for KS3 and KS4.
- The length of the workshop can vary according to timetable and needs.
- The interactive workshop is tailored to fit the needs of the students.
- The workshop can focus on the whole play or certain scenes, themes or characters.
- Using minimal props and costumes the students act out the story and speak some of the original text.
- Students are encouraged to use their imaginations, answering questions and playing characters in the story.
- For students who feel more comfortable answering questions than performing, ample opportunity is given for them to shine.
- A complimentary Teachers’ Pack is Provided
Primary School – Shakespeare Project Week
- The Project Week culminates in the children performing their own version of the chosen play. Every child participating is guaranteed a speaking role.
- As with the two-hour workshop the children require no prior knowledge of the play.
- On Day One we take the children through the play using our interactive workshop.
- During the course of the week we have two sessions with each class working on their particular section of the play and then bring it all together on the Friday.
- We provide a bespoke script with enough speaking parts for every child to have a role.
- We use a mixture of the original text and modern English.
- We provide a soundtrack with effects and apposite music.
- There is scope for making props and costumes where appropriate and for the children to use their instrumental skills.
- A complimentary Teachers’ Pack is provided.
