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Making a Spectacle of Bullying
An Assembly Performance with Follow-up Activities for Citizenship, PSHE and Literacy


February 2006 | 144 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
`the how, when, where and what of preparing for a performance is spelled out in considerable detail. If you do accept the challenge at the core of the book you will certainly not want for help' - Junior Education

This is the first in a series of creative and practical resources to link the school assembly with the Personal, Social, Citizenship and Health Education (PSCHE) curriculum and the national literacy objectives for children aged five to 11.

Using the theme of bullying, this scheme of work starts with a lively and dramatic student performance by older pupils in the primary school, including every member of the class. Full scripts, music and dance scores are provided. The bullying scenes involve the audience by focusing on the role of the bystanders.

Comprehensive teacher notes, activities and resources are also included for follow-up work with each year group. This comprehensive pack, produced by two experienced teachers, is useful for anyone running an anti-bullying initiative in their primary school.

Bridget Smith has worked for many years as a specialist in deafness within the health service, as part of a Cambridge University research group, and in the voluntary sector. She has taught as a general practitioner in primary and middle schools with specific responsibilities for music and IT. As well as having tutored children who are excluded from school she is regularly involved in coaching music and sport and in the development of local facilities for youth.

Kate Baker has created and developed effective assemblies with children over many years, as class teacher, literacy and drama co-ordinator and Deputy Head.

She has also devised and directed productions in schools, at children's drama and music courses and for the theatre.

Kate still teaches in primary and middle schools and is currently developing more ideas and materials to enrich the curriculum for Key Stages 1 to 3.


 
Synopsis of Play
 
How to Use the Book
 
The Teachers' Script
 
The Students' Notes
 
Character Descriptions
 
Suggestions for Rehearsals
 
Rehearsal Plan and Timetable
 
The Followers Teacher's Script
 
The Followers Student's Script
 
Further Rehearsal Activities
 
The Followers Actor's Script
 
The Followers Chorus and Followers' Rehearsal Script
 
The Followers Dancers' Notes
 
The Followers Musicians' Scores
 
PSHE and Citizenship Whole-School Follow-Up Material
 
Follow-Up Activities Linked with the National Literacy Strategy
 
Art and Music: Follow-Up Materials for Teachers

'this approach could be very usefully employed to tackle the very complex and difficult issue of bullying'- Educational Psychology in Practice.

`the how, when, where and what of preparing for a performance is spelled out in considerable detail. If you do accept the challenge at the core of the book you will certainly not want for help' - Junior Education

'This is a highly practical resource. The script is annotated with stage directions in such a way that groups of older children should be able to direct themselves, and the sections on dance and movement are fully choreographed' - TES Teacher

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