Story Making and Performance Project Aston Tower Primary School Year Two
Based the theme The Seaside Dramask was engaged to deliver a WOW factor project for the second year .
The children work with 3 artists from different disciplines Drama/Storymaking Pyn Stockman, Art Angela Connors and music Ann Jones
The process involved the children working creatively to develop a narrative structure, characters, dramatic action, songs and visual art (place setting)
These were woven together and presented in a celebratory performance to parents and the rest of the school.
The children began the exploration by joining storyteller Pyn on an improvised; narrated journey along the beach uncovering and discovering objects. The objects, sound and recorded music were used as a basis for the creative work. Using the children’s ideas, improvisation and games the story begins to unfold. Sessions were planned responsively to the children’s suggestions and all decisions were made collectively.
Script Extract – The Storm (all words from Year 2)
Narrator That night the thunder came,
Bringing with it the fog and the rain
It was dark and it was spooky.
The children tried to use torches to light the way
But the storm went higher and louder
The waves were crashing over the sides of the boat
The children felt as if they were drowning
ACTIVITY: On the boat in a storm.
Narrator Then just as the storm was at its darkest
The clouds cleared and for a moment the moon shone brightly
And the children could see an Island
Boy We’re saved,
Girl There’s the Island
Narrator But the moon was replaced by a sudden bright blue and white light that dazzled their eyes.
(stars)
And from somewhere there was an awful, terrible wailing.
The children didn’t know what to do
The boat was out of their control and they were crashing into the rocks.
The boat broke and the boat fell down and the children swam for shore.