Drama

Drama is an art form, a practical activity and an intellectual discipline. A drama education, which begins naturally with learning through dramatic play, will eventually include many elements of theatre. Like the other arts, it involves imagination and feelings and helps us to make sense of the world. It does this through the creation of imagined characters and situations, and the relationships and events which they encounter. Through engagement in drama, pupils apply their imaginations and draw upon their own personal experiences.

Their increasing knowledge and understanding of how the elements of drama work enable them effectively to shape, express and share their ideas, feelings and responses, making use of language, space, symbol, allegory and metaphor. Good drama lessons will result in pupils learning about dramatic form and the content it explores.

At Pembridge Hall there is a studio especially for Drama and students feel transported as soon as they enter the environment. Here are all the trappings of the theatre:- racks full of costumes, props, masks, puppets, lights and scenery which can transform a dull, tedious day into a special event. Drama is very much part of the school's life blood. On any given week you may find,Year 2 helping Orlando the cat tend a farm in autumn and winter, Year 3 create a market place in Ancient Rome, Year 4 rehearsing a Victorian melodrama, Year 5 improvising with sound effects and Year 6 interviewing one another in gobbledy gook!

In Year 6 the girls perform a full length play in a theatre, a tradition that every child in the school looks forward to with great expectations which are always rewarded.