This week Principals and teachers from the Academy gathered in Manchester and London to train for the exciting new pre-school Kindy Drama Programme, being launched nationally this term. They were required to sing 'The Goodbye Song' (pictured) at the end of their training session as the pre-schoolers will do at the end of their drama lesson! The classes have already been trialled successfully in four areas of the UK and will be available nationwide over the next few months.
The aim of the programme is to give 3 and 4 year olds confidence, self esteem and a good grounding in basic conversational skills. This is done through very busy lessons - which include story, dressing up, some fun speech work and lots of songs and poems. The Academy has already developed these skills for tens of thousands of older children for the last fifteen years.
Training was great fun, Principals loved playing the part of 3 year olds! - and everyone is very excited about their new classes.
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