Workshop Name:
Speak Out Make a Play

Description:
Speak Out Make a Play is a programme of one day taster workshops in the Easter half term followed by 1 week-long integrative arts workshops for Year 6 students in the Summer and then the Autumn school holidays During these workshops students will devise, design and create a play in 5 days with support from a team of Artburst facilitators and a trainee Speech and Language Therapist. At the end of the week students perform a play to family and friends. Plays are based on well-known children’s story books such as James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. The plays are filmed and then screened at the popular Hackney Picturehouse.

Objective:
The project is to support the transition to secondary school for children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).

Age Range:
Year 6 students (10 – 11 yr olds)

Duration:
Taster days – 1 day
1 week  (5 days)

Watch the promo film:

See the timetable below.