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Schools and Teachers
The Brewhouse aims to offer a wide ranging programme and resources for schools, colleges, universities and teachers. On this page you will find education packs to download, information about workshops that we offer in schools, teacher training seminars and lectures. This is a page that will aid anyone working artistically with young people.
Literacy and Drama Outreach Workshops
The Brewhouse's Outreach Workshops, aimed at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, are designed to expand literacy hour and creativity throughout schools.
Workshop for Key Stage 1 students
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Telling Tales
This excellent workshop runs over a week long period of 13 hours. During this time students will take part in activities that advance their literacy, speech and drama abilities. It will also build confidence, imagination, English skills and creativity.
The workshop offers pupils the chance to create a story through drama music and movement. Using drama exercises the group can build characters, setting and plot. Time will be spent looking at sentence composition and students will be able to apply this to the short story they create. After doing so, discussions can be made with further activities.
This workshop is brilliant for any primary schools that are finding it hard to co-ordinate literacy hour with other national curriculum requirements. The Telling Tales workshop will work creatively with young people and create an opportunity for further development.
The workshop will be run by a professional drama tutor and take place at your school.
The fee for this individual workshop is £500. Half of the fee will be required as a deposit when booking the workshop.
Workshops for Key stage 2 students
Acting the Part
This imaginative week long workshop will look at the creation, actions and movement contained in poetry. The workshop will be run for 12 hours over five days and will be taught by a professional drama tutor. During the workshop participants will look at poetry and have the chance to write their very own poems. The poems will be formed around a plot so that drama sketches can be devised, characters can be created and movement can develop. This will climax at the end of the week with a performance.
A perfect way to illustrate page to stage!
Acting the Part is a fantastic support for school children. Linked to the national curriculum, this workshop will help children become more assertive and confident. It will look at English Language and Literature by reading and writing poetry, Physical Education through movement and dance, Geography by looking at where the poems could be set, History as for when the poem could be set, Art by creating props for the performance and mostly it will look at Drama through the production and performance itself.
Overall this workshop can be brilliantly tailored to meet all requirements.
The fee for this workshop is £500. Half of the fee will be required as a deposit when booking the workshop.
"The workshop was good because it showed us how to show our feelings more with drama and it was really good fun acting" Year five student from North Town Primary School, Taunton, Somerset.
"The workshop was fab because it taught us how to go in front of everybody and perform" Year four student from Holy Trinity C of E VA Primary School, Taunton, Somerset.
"The workshop's covered a good variety of language used in literacy - for example, adjectives and alliteration. Children, sadly, have less opportunity to experience drama - so acting that directly feeds into and improves their creative writing is very important. With teachers full curriculum it is beneficial to have workshops that address aspects of the curriculum" Jane Hayes, teacher at Holy Trinity C of E VA Primary School.
The price of having both workshops in your school in the same week is £900.
For further information on these workshops or to book please email info@thebrewhouse.net
The Arts Awards
The Arts Awards are a recognised qualification for over 13's run by the Arts Council England. It encourages all young people of any ability to develop their artistic skills, talents and knowledge.
The Arts Awards are made up of three stages - Bronze, Silver and Gold, each requiring a different amount of participation and enthusiasum.
The Brewhouse's Learning and Participation Co-ordinator, Emily Bull, is now trained as an Arts Award Advisor and The Brewhouse is an Arts Award Centre.
So, whether there are members of your school currently taking part in the award scheme, or you are interested in finding out more about it and getting involved, please email info@thebrewhouse.net
Click here to find out more about the Arts Awards.
Free Tours
Great for schools, youth clubs and community groups, or even if you’re just interested in The Brewhouse. Our Free Tours give you an insight into the back stage workings of the theatre and arts centre. Be guided by a member of staff and learn all there is to know. Tours can be tailored to suit every group.
