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National Drama also has developed Resources During Lockdown.

Like London Drama, National Drama has also developed support materials for Drama teachers during this lockdown period.
There is a page on their website at Resources and they have a Resources Folder for sahring resources at Resource Folder.
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Drama Support

Drama Job Vacancies

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Borough Drama

Is your borough organised for Drama? Does it provide INSET or CPD courses? London Drama can support the development of initiatives and programmes for drama in boroughs. Please contact us if you would like more information.
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School Support

If your school would like to develop drama training please contact us. We will advise on or provide active resourcing.

Youth Theatres

Get Into Theatre helps you find out about career opportunities, work experience, training and much more.

Publications

Order in the Chaos
by Danielle Mackenzie

This new practical resource book by Danielle Mackenzie published by London Drama provides teachers with seven exciting units of work and materials designed for the GCSE Edexcel Drama Examintion, New Specification, helping to organise "Order" in all that potential "Chaos".

Published as a downloadable E-Book.

More info and download here

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Who Needs AFL When We Have Got Drama? (Members)

Assessment for Learning (AfL) as a concept has been welcomed –but all too often degenerates into deadly question and answer led by the most able students, leaving others switched off. Any drama gets lost, boredom kicks in, you find yourself playing ‘guess what’s in teacher’s head’ and you begin to wonder what happened to lively vibrant drama lessons which were more fun, more productive and seemed to get ‘more done’.

In the ‘chase the next initiative’ climate in which we find ourselves, it is easy to forget that good drama teaching is, by its very nature, full of AfL activities in any case. With minor adaptation you can keep your class fully engaged with AfL while being busy in drama and becoming more fluent in the art form.

The session looks critically at the recommendations of Black and Williams – whose work has been over simplified in schools generally and will put you back in touch with the art form of drama lesson planning, re-connect you to your instinctive drive towards what is good practice and revitalise AfL in a way only drama knows how. Attendees will leave having revisited the drama form as a rich learning and assessment tool totally in keeping with AFL values without having to interrupt their lessons by doing so.

Amanda Kipling has been a secondary drama teacher and is currently the leader of the PGCE Drama Course at Goldsmiths College. She specialised in voice at Central School of Speech and Drama, has been a member of the English Speaking Board for many years and is a former editor of ESB’s Speaking English magazine and a Trustee of London Drama.

Date: Wednesday 26th February 2014: 6.30-8.30pm (rearranged from 5th February because of Tube strike.)
Venue: The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, NW3 3HY Map.

To book or buy at Non Member rate click Add to basket now. To book or buy at Non Member Concession rate (teacher-in-training or Unwaged) select from drop down box.

Recommended products

Edexcel GCSE Drama Study Guide (Members) (£15.95 £15.15)
by Kelly McManus and Andrew Pullen
Rhinegold Education
ISBN: 978-1-906178-80-2
more info

GCSE Bitesize Drama (Members) (£9.99 £9.49)
by Andy Kempe
Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 978-1406654387
more info

Teaching Classroom Drama & Theatre - Practical Projects (2nd Edition) (Members) (£24.99 £23.74)
by Martin Lewis and John Rainer
Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415319089
more info

Coming up

Our free CPD events are being organised in partnership with National Drama via Eventbrite - access them here.

In addition, we have some resources to support you via our e-news at Resources and our home page centre panel features our latest free online event

Surveys

Drama Networks Survey
Are you in an active local network for drama teachers? Would you like to be? Take the LD Drama Network Survey here

GCSE Drama Take Up Survey
Has EBacc undermined GCSE Drama take up? Take the survey here.

Courses Survey
We are always keen to hear what courses we can run for you. Please take our Courses survey here.

Mapping Drama Practice
Take the Survey of Drama Practice: it will only take a minute

Organisations

STEP is a borough-wide partnership linking the theatre community and education and youth sector in the London Borough of Southwark. STEP aims to equalise, extend and deepen the theatre and drama experience of all young people living in Southwark through the development of strategic partnerships between schools, youth and community groups and theatres and performing arts organisations. STEP's objective is to work closely with Southwark schools, youth and community groups and theatres and performing arts organisations to develop creative approaches to learning and provide innovative projects which stimulate children and young people's personal development and contribute to their educational attainment.
Find out more here.