Teachers’ Refresher Course Committee
Produced and presented by Charles Bisley with guests. Music composed and played by Justin Firefly Clarke
Each podcast presents an engaging activity, mixing drama and literacy, and is designed for children between 3-13+ years old. Our kaupapa is to recognise each child- their pono and their ability to whakamana, and to offer them creative ways to express their experiences, both ups and downs. This way of learning strengthens ako relationships, and builds a culture of hauora; it is particularly relevant as children find their way back to everyday school life after lockdown.
These podcasts were devised and presented by Charles Bisley together with his colleagues Danielle Sanders, Judy Norton, Juliet Cottrell and Libya Munn. They are designed to complement other drama resources, such as those provided by Drama New Zealand for their members, and those on Te Rito Toi.
These podcasts have been made for the Teachers’ Refresher Course Committee, whose kaupapa is ‘for teachers by teachers’. Those interested in further professional learning using drama could contact the Drama New Zealand Network of Expertise https://www.drama.org.nz/ .
Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi.
The Play within a Story in which teachers and children make their way into a picture book and improvise a little game or ritual through which the children can express sad thoughts playfully (for ages 4-8).
© 2020 Charles Bisley. Music Justin Firefly Clarke.
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The Book Off the Page in which teachers introduce drama strategies to deepen children’s response to shared books and build kindness and empathy amongst them (for ages 4-8).
Charles Bisley with Judy Norton. Music Justin Firefly Clarke.
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Little voices, little plays in which teachers help children tell and dramatise their own stories for their peers, making the links between speaking, writing, and performing (for ages 4-8).
Charles Bisley with Danielle Sanders. Music Justin Firefly Clarke.
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Telling our stories through drama in which teachers guide children’s responses to a poem and lead them into a drama about their lockdown experiences (for ages 9-13).
Charles Bisley with Juliet Cottrell. Music Justin Firefly Clarke.
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Staircases, landings, jetties, etc in which children and teachers reconfigure learning as a series of imaginative, interconnecting spaces for creative inquiry (for ages 9-13).
Charles Bisley with Libya Munn. (Rain by nature)
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Possible, ready or not in which we create dramas in the digital environment, recreating a music video in many media, and drawing on a future scenario to examine our own lives (for ages 9-13).
Charles Bisley with Danielle Sanders.
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