SCHOOL DRAMA MEDIUM TERM PLAN

Year: R / Name of Unit: Relationships / Role Play Area
Foundation Stage Early Learning Goals: Creative Development. (There may be links with other areas of learning too such as Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development and Knowledge and Understanding of the World).
To explore different media and respond to a variety of sensory experiences. Engages in representational play.
To create simple representations of events, people and objects eg uses props to support role-play such as large boxes to represent an airport.
Tries to capture experiences using a variety of different media eg recreates a visit to the doctor in the role-play area.
Explores colour, texture, shape, form and space in two or three dimensions eg using masks and moving to music in the outside area. / Recognises and explores how sounds can be changed…matches movement to music.
Uses imagination in art and design, music, dance, imaginative and role-play and stories. Responds in a variety of ways to what s/he sees, hears, smells, touches and feels.
Expresses and communicates ideas, thoughts and feelings using a range of materials, suitable tools, imaginative role play, movement, designing and making and a variety of songs and musical instruments.
Expresses feelings and preferences in response to artwork, drama and music and makes some comparison and links between different pieces. Responds to own work and that of others when exploring and communicating ideas, feelings and preferences through art, music, dance and role-play and imaginative play.l eg chooses different movements to represent the four seasons. Being able to fully immerse themselves in character.
Drama focused learning (from Drama in Schools 2) Level One:
Making – Take part in a wide range of pretend situations, stories and characters.
Performing – Take turns speaking their part and act out familiar stories which they share with friends.
Responding – Say why they adopted a particular movement, voice or facial expression when they talk about their drama
Other:
Name of Unit: Relationships
Resources:
Cinderella props - torn, dirty dress, broom, glass slipper, wand
Cinderella story book
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Drama chair material
Digital camera
SEAL Red Booklet - Relationships / Key Vocabulary
Mime
TIR - Teacher in Role
Super helpers
Freeze
Still image
Thought tracking
Meeting
Forum Theatre
Drama bag
Teaching Sequence:

2 Relationships part 1 – Emma Hume, Liss Infant School HIAS Healthy schools website