If you have been assigned a Wednesday School group, you should also have a calendar of activities.
You activities will take place during the second half of the morning (usually between 10h45 and 12h)
The activities you will be animating with your group will include:
1. Mini theatre plays
2. Creative projects
3. Some regular book-learning time too
Below, you will find details of the creative and theatre projects. Remember, this is your group and you know them the best! If you need to adapt, switch or change things completely.. please do so! And remember that you are not alone, get in touch if you need.
Mini-theatre plays
The aim: for the children to practise speaking English
You will have around 15 weeks to work on theatre projects (spread across the year in modules).
You may decide to do separate theatre projects for each module or you may decide to spread projects out across 2 or more modules. It really depends on your group. Our advice is to start with you first project, keep an open mind and then plan from there on.
Choosing your theatre projects
Via the link below, you will find some great advice as well as a large selection of plays to choose from.
Here’s how to proceed:
1. Look through the plays and make a short list
2. Let us know which ones you want printing out
3. Propose this selection to your group so that you can collectively decide which one is best
4. Practise the play and don’t forget the warm up games as suggested in the text
5. Perform the play to another group at the school*
6. Film the performance so that we can send it to the parents
*we can arrange for parents to come but it does tend to get a little complicated logistically speaking!
Click here for theatre teaching advice and library of plays to choose from:
Fun ESL role plays and skitts for children part 1
Fun ESL role plays and skitts for children part 2
Need more inspiration?
Here is a link to another resource on ESL plays for children
Finally, here are some game ideas to loosen up the actors!