Our most popular Expressive Arts Workshops in schools  

Workshops offered all year round, all suitable for children from nursery to year 9 (Unless otherwise stated)- 

Myths and Legends (perfect for Eisteddfod, cynefin, St David's and St Dwynwen's day and a starting point for writing pieces)
The Legend of the Welsh Dragon   (How we came to have a dragon on our flag)
The Fall of Cantre’r Gwaelod (The flooding and sinking of an ancient Welsh kingdom),
The Tales of Taliesin (Stories of his life)

Llewelyn the Great (Stories of his life and legacy)

The Loyalist of Loyal Hounds – Gelert (The story of Llewelyn’s dog),
Llewellyn the Last (Story of his life and legacy)

Bran and Branwen (A session full of love, tragedy, war, and magic),

Santes Dwynwen (The story of our patron Saint of lovers and Welsh valentine’s day),

Dewi Sant (Celebrating Saint David).
Blodeuwedd (A story of love, jealously and fate)

The Afanc (Wales’s mythical water monster)

Culhwch ac Olwen (How Culhwch battled curses and complete tasks set by a giant to win Olwen’s hand)
Lady of the Lake (The story of the underwater fairy at Llyn Y Fan Fach).
Macsen's dream (The most famous Welsh Roman story)

 

Humanities Workshops ( all sessions, set in Wales, are adapted to your local area using place names, first hand accounts,  pictures, photos and focus on specific industries, towns, villages etc) 

History 

• WW2 in Wales- Focusing on Children's lives at the time

• The Victorians in Wales and Beyond - Follow a Victorian child through their working life, experience their work and hard ships.  Starting in your local area working in your local inductry before moving to London and beyond

• The Celts - Form a tribe and explore life in your area during the iron age - defend your hill fort from enemies 

• The Romans - Train as Roman soldiers, attack and take a local hillfort

• The Tudors - Become a poor child in Wales, dealing with the dissolution of the monasteries , Henry Viii's act of union and experience the new opportunities of the time, 

• Ancient Egypt - Explore the gods or  break into tomb and break a ancient curse
  
  Geography and Eco

• Plastic Pollution and Turtle Migration - We become turtles hatching into a world full of predators and plastic. Can we grow up and complete our first migration to Wales

• Global warming and ice caps - Explore Antartica - why is the ice melting and what does it mean for us?

• Rainforests - Become a jaguar in the Amazon Rainforest - experience their life, the destruction of habitat and the hope for the future

• The Secret Garden - Become miniture and explore a welsh garden - learn about either the life cycle of birds of the lifecycles and frogs and butterflies

• Spring into Spring/ Autumn is here (EYFS - year 2)- Squirrel's world is changing - Can owl and his friends help him understand that there is nothing to worry about. Its just time for the seasons to change. 

Special event workshops - 
Roald Dahl celebration - September (All ages)
The story of Santes Dwynwen- January (Year 1 and up) 
Storytelling week - January and February (EYFS - End of KS2)
St David's Day - First week of March (All ages)
World Book day - March ( All ages)
All workshops are practical, support the four purposes, the Expressive Arts AoLE, integral skills, and are delivered by an experienced drama teacher.  
Each workshop includes - 
Vocal and physical warm ups
Drama skills and techniques
Storytelling
Props and music
Opportunities to share drama in a non threatening and inclusive way

Prices start at £65 per one hour workshop.