At St Edmund’s, Drama is child-centred and draws upon each child’s interests, experience and cultural background. We celebrate the dramatic process, performance and good experiences of ‘theatre’.

Our main aims are:

• To give all children the opportunity to develop their personality and their powers of imagination and communication.
• To foster confidence, social awareness and the creative potential present in all children.
• To enable children to develop a sense of audience.

Through Drama, children may explore all areas of the curriculum – historical topics, social issues, biographical accounts etc. We value the dramatic process as a resource to be used whenever the opportunity arises.

Our approach to drama includes the following techniques:

• Games
• Role Play
• Scripted and Non-scripted Drama
• Puppets and Masks
• Movement and Mime
• Films and Communication Media