As part of our aim to encourage the dissemination of puppetry as a learning tool for young children in particular, the theatre organises puppet making and performance workshops for large groups of children in a more formal setting and run of schedule.
Here’s how you can link puppetry to your topic or curriculum
- Making and using puppets helps pupils to connect with a character and feeds into their writing (English/Writing)
- Using puppets they have made to explore stories and scenarios is an exciting way to inspire writing and encourages speaking (English/Writing/Speaking)
- Speaking through a puppet they have made inspires confidence in even the most reluctant speaker (English/Speaking)
- Puppet making is a craft and children will learn new skills and explore their creativity through the process of designing and making a puppet (Art and Design)
- Puppet making involves designing and making a purposeful, functional creation and can be evaluated to test it’s functionality and appeal to an audience (Design and Technology)
- Depending on the type of puppets you make you can also link puppetry with history, topics, science and R.E.
WORKSHOPS
Description: Our shadow puppet making workshops allow children to not only learn a new puppet making skill but also explore some science as they learn about shadow and light as well as creating exciting fantasy worlds and characters.
Potential Curriculum links: English (exploring settings and story), Topic (making puppets themed around your topic), Science (exploring shadow and light), Art and Design, Design and Technology.
Time Needed: We can work with one class of 15 children or less for a whole day to make puppets and have a go at using them. For larger schools we also run half day sessions which means we can work with 2 classes in a whole day or two half days, or 3 classes over 1.5 days or three half days. Depending on the school’s normal timetable, a whole day can be scheduled from 9am – 2pm with an hour meal break; whereas a half day can be scheduled from 8am – 11am or 1pm – 4pm. The schedules can be altered according to the school’s normal timetable.
We recommend a maximum of 15 children per class for full participation.
Age: Shadow puppet making is not suitable for younger children as it involves a lot of intricate cutting, we recommend these workshops for children 7 to 10 years old but will consider children of 6 years old with lots of cutting out experience!
Cost: RM400 per day or RM200 per half day. We can work with one class for the whole day or 2 classes for half a day each. For 3 classes we can offer 1.5 days or three half days (half a day per class) for RM600. All prices are subject to SST.
Food and drinks can be arranged by us at an extra cost, if necessary. Date and time for a school workshop may be arranged by calling Raz (016-8379709) or emailing us (razkopuppettheatre@gmail.com).
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