Drama
At Kingshott we strongly believe in the importance of Drama. It enhances many areas of child development: increased confidence and self-esteem, increased social and moral awareness often enabling greater self-expression and understanding of real life issues. It aids the development of imagination and artistic awareness, while instilling self-discipline and cooperation with others.
Pupils' dramatic experiences start in the Pre-Prep. All children from Nutkins Nursery through to Year 2 take part in an annual production for parents, with each year group making individual contributions. There is also the opportunity to take part in an extra-curricular drama based activity, ‘Box of Frogs’, which has proved hugely popular.
Children in Year 3 to Year 8 have a weekly drama lesson with a specialist teacher as part of the school curriculum. This means that during their time at Kingshott pupils are able cover a broad range of drama and theatre skills, providing an excellent foundation for those wishing to continue to GCSE and beyond. During the course of each academic year all children are also involved in some form of performance to parents, ranging from full scale lavish musicals to more intimate workshop style evenings.
Outside the curriculum activities there are also the popular annual Poetry Recitation, Just a Minute and Best Speaker competitions, as well as the opportunity to prepare for LAMDA Speech and Drama examinations held in the Spring and Summer Terms.
