10/06/2020
With a move from Dunedin to Auckland, the plans to start the Holiday Academy in Term One break fell a little flat, with a drama far beyond our imaginings!
So much has changed in a short time!
And so has Acorn Performers.
With the decision to home-school my youngest child I’m looking at reimagining Acorn Performers for other children who are home-schooled too in the Auckland region.
Acorn Performers has been run successfully in schools for 6 years. Small class sizes ensure every child can make their ideas known, take part in developing the drama and have greater opportunities to have their unique strengths shine. The children always have the freshest and greatest ideas,so whilst I plan the theme or introduce the material it is the children of Acorn Performers who bring it to life.
Our material is also life-giving, inspirational and beyond anything a lot of fun!
Some examples of our performances gone past have been physical theatre pieces to classical music, retelling many favourite children’s stories, poetry readings, devised pieces, writing plays, creating props, choosing costumes, recreating famous works of art, shadow puppetry and sharing the many Drama games we use to develop good performance skills. The list is endless!
At the end of each term family members and friends are invited to watch what we have created. This is a significant moment in the confidence-building element of the course. Over the years I have seen shy children blossom, ones unable to speak in public go on to come second in the school speech competition. It has been a joy to watch incredible young people overcome their fears and really shine.
Sooooo WATCH THIS SPACE! A weekly Drama workshop especially for homeschooled primary-aged children will be starting in Term 3....somewhere in the Eastern Bays.
