We send out the Dramatis newsletter three times a year (Summer in March, Autumn in August and Spring in December) to provide highlights from the previous term along with plans for the upcoming one.
The below is a copy of the Spring Term 2024 newsletter (sent in December). To make sure you get all our news delivered straight to your inbox, SUBSCRIBE HERE!
Hi Everyone,
…and just like that Autumn Term has come to an end! Thank you to all the parents and family members who joined us on Saturday for ‘Enchanted Trails’ – our end of term school showcase. We loved watching our pupils’ creative ideas brought to life on stage. And with hairy grandmothers, naughty children, awkward dinners and royal fallouts, it was a typically festive start to the holidays 😉
The theme for the upcoming Spring Term is ‘The Magic Within’ and 10 weeks of classes will culminate in pupils recording their devised pieces to camera. These will then be submitted for a graded Trinity exam.
If you know any parents who are interested in Dramatis but are nervous about committing their child to a full term, please let them know about our FREE workshops.
Next term will see us further develop our relationships with local schools. We will be launching an After-School club for Nyewood infant school pupils and also working with Bishop Tuffnell primary school on a series of FREE workshops.
More information on all of this is below.
Thanks as always for your ongoing support and patience as we continue to grow and develop Dramatis. I wish pupils, parents and everyone else we work with a very Happy Christmas and I look forward to another term of watching more local children thrive at Dramatis!
Kind Regards
Suzy (Principal)
News about upcoming Spring 2024 Term
Spring Term Classes
Has your child devoured a well-known wizard book series? Or tried to cast a spell on a Sibling? If so, they’re going to love ‘The Magic Within’! This Term’s theme will see us embrace all things magical and mystical. We’ll be using ice-breaker games and drama exercises (based on vocal expression) to help pupils create their own unique characters and stories. Once they’re cackling like pros and waving wands with ease, they’ll create their own devised performance. This will be filmed at the end of term and submitted for a Trinity graded exam. Click here to find out more & book.
FREE Workshops for new starters
We offer various free experiences so potential new pupils can get a feel for what Dramatis is about before committing to booking a full term.
FREE WORKSHOPS take place at the start of each term, and mean children can try out a class with other potential new starters.
FREE TRIAL SESSIONS can be booked at any point during the term and mean children can join in a class with current pupils.
On Monday 8 January, we’re running three free workshops (themed around ‘The Magic Within’). Click here to sign up.
FREE Workshops for Schools
We’re keen to help as many children as possible harness the power of Pretend Play and develop key Life Skills. As part of this, we offer free drama workshops to local schools. This Spring Term, we’ll be working with Bishop Tuffnell CE Primary School on a series of workshops that will help bring their history lessons to life. If you know a school or organisation in Bognor or the surrounding areas that might be interested in having us run a free workshop, we’d be very grateful if you could send THIS LINK on to them.
News from Autumn 2023 Term
End of Term School Showcase
During Autumn Term’s, ‘Enchanted Trails’, pupils explored famous characters from much loved fairy tales and put their own unique spin on classic stories with help from drama exercises that focused on freeze-frame, voice and gesture. The term culminated in a ticketed School Showcase on Saturday 9th December. Thanks to all the parents who joined us to see the children’s creative ideas brought to life. Photos from the performance can be seen on our Facebook page HERE.
In the News…
Last term, ABC Magazine asked us to share our expertise with their readers. With more children than ever before being home-schooled, Principal Suzy was asked to write about how drama classes can help children being educated outside of the traditional school system. To read the article in full, CLICK HERE and go to page 34.
DRAMA WORKSHOPS 