This term in Keren, we looked at the important themes of transition and change as our students were handling the change from life as primary school students into secondary school students. Keren did an amazing job in English, planning, drafting and rewriting narratives exploring the theme of transition. They then voted on which story they enjoyed the most and using the skills they have been learning in Performing Arts, turned the story into a script. In Creative Art and Design, they designed their backdrops created puppets for each of their characters and explored characterisation and emotion in art. Our trip to Warner Brothers Studios to explore the puppetry and set design was very helpful in the creative process for our own show. As a class, Keren rehearsed their show before putting it to film to create a seamless final product!
Teacher’s Reflections
“Overall, it was a fun and meaningful exploration of the pivotal themes of transition and change and our final product was outstanding. It was lovely to see every student so engaged in the whole process from writing their stories to creating their puppets and ending with their show. It was a great way to get the students to be introspective and consider which emotions they feel whilst handling transition and change as well as strategies to manage such changes. The trip, in particular, was a highlight, watching the students take inspiration from the Harry Potter movies whilst having a great time was lovely. It would be lovely going forward to stretch the students to do a live performance instead to build their public performance skills and their confidence.”
– Aymane Hamidi
Students’ Reflections
“My favourite part of the project was doing lots of things like making big puppets, going on a school trip and writing stories.” – Chaim
“The project was fun because we all made puppets.” – Ben
“The highlight of the project was making the puppets. It was very fun because they were really hard to make, but it was nice when we finished them because I felt accomplished.” – Josh
“My favourite part was making the puppets because it was fun and it was something different than usual.” – Daisy
