Particularly when working as individuals this exercise should give the children confidence in how much knowledge they have gained from the trip to the Palace. Extension: Discuss what was the favourite fact the children learnt? What surprised them the most? etc. Pre or Post Title Activity Resources National Curriculum Links Visit Post Visit Key events in Learning objective: To recount and depict the stories and characters Link to chronologies and English Hampton Court’s at Hampton Court through the ages Peter the Palace Cat Participate in and gain knowledge, history resources available on skills and understanding associated Working in small groups of 5 or 6, pupils will come up with tableaux hrp.org.uk with the artistic practice of drama. depicting some of the key stories and characters they have heard or Adopt, create and sustain a range of learnt about on their visit to Hampton Court. roles, responding appropriate to others in role. They should be encouraged to think about their use of space and Opportunities to improvise and devise levels to illustrate status, as well as how the relationships between drama. characters and the events shown can be conveyed with very little movement. History Address and devise historically valid Each group should have some rehearsal time, and then show their questions about change, cause, work to the class. The audience should be encouraged to say who similarity and difference, and they think everyone is, and what is happening. significance. Moments which work well, depending on the teacher’s focus, include:
Particularly when working as individuals this exercise should give the children confidence in how much knowledge they have gained from the trip to the Palace. Extension: Discuss what was the favourite fact the children learnt? What surprised them the most? etc. Pre or Post Visit Title Activity Resources National Curriculum Links Post Visit Key events in Hampton Court’s history Learning objective: To recount and depict the stories and characters at Hampton Court through the ages Working in small groups of 5 or 6, pupils will come up with tableaux depicting some of the key stories and characters they have heard or learnt about on their visit to Hampton Court. They should be encouraged to think about their use of space and levels to illustrate status, as well as how the relationships between characters and the events shown can be conveyed with very little movement. Each group should have some rehearsal time, and then show their work to the class. The audience should be encouraged to say who they think everyone is, and what is happening. Moments which work well, depending on the teacher’s focus, include: Link to chronologies and Peter the Palace Cat resources available on hrp.org.uk English Participate in and gain knowledge, skills and understanding associated with the artistic practice of drama. Adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriate to others in role. Opportunities to improvise and devise drama. History Address and devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.
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