Theatre and Film Primary Resources

Use these teaching ideas to explore a range of drama skills with year 3 and year 4 pupils, including improvisation, mime, role play and characterisation.

How can I encourage children to write and perform their own play? Children enjoy role play so why not encourage them to use their ideas to create a performance. Ask them to think about what would make their play more realistic and to think about what props and costumes they might need. Preparing for a performance can be a good motivation to reluctant writers as they see it as part of their play activities. This activity gives children tips on how to perform in a play. This also fits in with the

Use this great display poster for your drama sessions. This encourages everyone to show positive behaviours. The perfect ingredients for a great drama lesson!

How do I bring Shakespeare into the primary classroom? Bring this famous playwright and his texts into the primary classroom with this themed word search which can be used to reinforce key vocabulary when teaching Shakespeare. Perfect for improving children's recognition and spelling of keywords associated with William Shakespeare. A great way to keep children busy at the end of a lesson, during wet play or for an independent guided reading activity.

This text can be used to familiarise pupils with the layout of a play script and identify the features, and to work complete a play script about the story of Hanukkah.

How can I help my children to write, record and broadcast a radio show? Use this resource to guide children through a step-by-step process of writing, producing, recording and broadcasting a radio play. Includes information on how to write the script as well as how to add sound effects. Maybe you could make it into a podcast too. This fits in with the DfE Activity Passport for year 6.

Award this certificate to acknowledge your children\'s efforts to uphold your drama agreement. Use alongside our drama contract agreements. The perfect ingredients for a great drama lesson!

This Macbeth themed word search features key vocabulary for this Shakespearean play. Great for consolidating understanding and spelling, you can use this resource as an opening to other independent writing activities, or just for fun!

How can I encourage children to review performances? This worksheet is ideal for children to write a short review of a play or a performance they have seen. They will give a brief synopsis of the play and then say what they enjoyed and explain why, and the same for what they thought could have been improved. This also fits in well with the DfE Activity Passport for Year 4.

How can I encourage children to write a review? A great way to encourage children to write about a play or performance they have seen is to get them to take photos using a camera or a tablet and then write about what the photos show. Recording the event in this way helps them to remember what they saw and will help them with their writing. This also fits in with the DfE Activity Passport for Year 4.

A great resource for quick biographical facts on author, JK Rowling. Children simply click the hotspot buttons for facts on the Harry Potter author. Great for a pre-learning activity or for quick revision reminders after a lesson or topic.

This acceptance letter to the Wizard School will provide the 'hook' needed to engage learners. It is editable, allowing you to personalise it specifically for your class, or even individual children. Use this to interest and inspire the children right from the word go!