Workshop games

We will have 120 children.

30 children each session with 30 minutes each session.
4 sessions in total.
Ages 7-8 years old ( year 3’s )

Resources
During this process I'll be needing:
Book containing drama games.
Connection to the internet because of TikTok or doing research on drama games.
Access to a computer.
Equipment like beach balls ,but that choice will be made when the final games are chosen to
see if it's needed or not.

Notes to Remember about a Workshop:

On 5th of May Louisa Dosweel taught us about Workshops and her experience on TiE and
what she learnt from the experience as well as from other professionals which where:

Workshops should contain:

Teamwork and Bonding: That will get the kids to work together and put their differences
aside.

Friendship: Showing to be kind to each other through a workshop.

Trust: For the children to have trust and having that incentive that nothing bad will happen to
them between each other.

Fun and Imagination: The workshop should contain a game they haven't seen before and try
something new also to explore the world of acting and drama through the games we play.

Different Types of Drama Games:

Cool down games; The kids relax before the performance and are settled down.

Team Work: They will work in groups or pairs;

Imagination: They'd have to imagine something is there and help their brain to work on the
creative side.

Physical Games: Where they’d involve the whole body working such miming games.

Vocal Games: This would make their voice to be the main focus in the game.

Improvisation: They would create a piece of theatre or a character out of the bloom and
they'd have to think fast as well as creative.

Warm-up games: This helps to get the children excited for the rest of the day and helps
them.
Character games: This involves them creating a person, creature or being some else which
is a definition of acting.

Colour Code:
Bella= Red
Pandora= Pink
Rahel= Green
Sam= Blue
Elisei= Purple
Mohammed= Orange

These are your colours and if you have any suggestions of games, what we might need for a
certain game you can write but in your colour also if you can edit the game explanations if I
wrote them wrong.

TiE workshop ideas:

The whole idea of workshops is to hype, excite the kids for the performance and for them to
try something creative and get a glimpse of acting. My idea of a workshop is not about
education ,but uniting as one and equality because everyone deserves a chance in trying
new activities no matter the difference. Our play is about friendship and being kind to one
another.,so my games will be bringing the kids together and making them work together. I’ve
been looking at professionals that are in this field ‘TiE’ on platforms like TikTok since that's a
trending app and it always has the newest trends, workshop ideas and is a creative, fun
platform; most of the books are backdated and have the most common games instead of
new ones that people come up or upgrade any games.

Workshop ideas i have for now:

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These games are made for groups and contributions and allow the kids to be silly and
creative to have fun as well. This will test their team work abilities.

What I need to consider when doing workshop and when doing research:
To be able to adapt the workshop for the space and practice for different spacing since we
are prepared for any spacing we get.

To have control techniques and practise them for shy and too loud kids to be able to control
the room, since the teachers give us the kids and the teachers are there to watch and be
there if any first aid is needed.

Adapt for different kids such as equal rights so knowing ahead if there's any disabled kids in
the year group so they can contribute as well; this means emailing the teacher and asking if
there's any kids with disabilities and have games where they can contribute.

To adapt the games with easy language because there might be kids with a second
language and not understanding English properly, so the games need to be easy; most of
the time physical such as creating characters and not talking as much..

The games need to be just right, something that isn't too hard for their mind development
which I'd need to research about the children's brain development for ages 6-8 to see how
they function or see what Key Stage 1 is learning from BBC Bitesize.

To rehearse the games during the rehearsal where we would practise with each other, and
we would work with different scenarios to see what might go wrong or right and how we
control it.

What props I might need to have access to and then have a risk assessment so the games
aren't dangerous and what might go wrong with a ball with 6-7 year olds.

Games from 05/05/2023

We’ve found out that we will be doing a performance for Year 3s and workshops and they
have problems with friendship that involves: children having attitude towards each other,
snitching and calling eachother names due to them being Covid children since they were in
lockdown most of the time and haven’t seen or interacted with other children on daily bases.

Lion Game= by Rahel and Elisei

Explanation:
Everyone stands in a circle, one person is a lion and has to move clockwise and has to beat
the people, but the people can beat the lion if everyone jumps in canon.

Review:
It was a fun game and very interactive game for kids, but the kid that will be the kid will feel
bad and would get bullied or laughed at by it’s peers. The kid could give up because when
we tried it out as a class Mohammed said is it possible and it was but we will have 30 kids so
it will be more impossible and the circle would be bigger also we’d need to consider the
medical reasons such as asthma.

Sheep and Wolf: by Rahel and Elisei

Explanation:
One person is the sheep and one person is the wolf. Everyone accepts that the wolf
surrounds the sheep and protects the sheep from the wolf. If the wolf touches the sheep
then they win and then they get a new wolf and sheep.

Review:
It's a fast game and it could be dangerous because the kids have to be really close to each
other to stop the wolf and someone could get hurt and this game is creative, but it doesn’t
get the kids together but can cause more fights because someone could step on someone's
foot or pinch them.

Who am I?:by Rahel and Elisei

Explanation:
One person gets in the middle of the circle and they have to act out as something or
someone and the others have to guess who they are. They can't use words or sound effects,
only mimic.

Review:
It allows the children to contribute to the game, it allows them to be creative and to allow
their imagination. Everyone would know the game so it's easy to explain and it's a good
game for cool down. It's a long game so the children could easily get bored and we’d have to
change the game fast.

Character Game:by Sam

Explanation:
Children run in circles and then a leader points at a child and says ‘Character’ and the child
would get into character and everyone else stops and guesses who they are.

Review:
It was a fast game, it can be tiring for the kids, we didn't consider the children's medical
conditions such as asthma. It makes the kids think fast and creative. They could be too tired
for the next activities or for them to watch the performance.

Garden Statues:by Liv (me)

Explanation:
It's a similar game to what's the time Mr Wolf, but one person is a gardener and the rest are
statues. The Gradner can make the statues laugh such as make silly faces and tell jokes so
they move and loose. The statues can only move when the gardener isn't looking.

Review:
It was a good game that helps with concentration, but it's a long game and we will have 30
children and it could cause problems because there might not be enough space. Also the
game wasn’t as creative as I expected it to be.

Stick joker: by Mohammed

Explanation:
The children run around and when the leader shouts ‘stick’ everyone gets on the floor and
stays still. Then the joker walks around and tries to make the people laugh.

Review:
It was a creative game but, the explanation could have been improved because we didn't
know what we were doing and then it was a creepy joker and the children might not get it
also did not involve friendship.

12/05/2023

We did a whole day of workshops and tried out different activities for the children. Then with
the support of Louisa Doswell I did the running order of the activities and Louisa gave me a
lay out idea of how a workshop plan looks like.

Positives of the day

● Everyone contributed during the lesson
● Games chosen for the workshop
● Got a lay out for the workshop
● The teaching techniques works
● Perfect in timing

Negatives of the day

● Too many ideas that became complicated
● The maturity level from my peers was lacking
● Communication from my peers was lacking
● Anxiety level has risen for myself lost trust in my peers
● Many fun game ideas became dangerous and people got hurt due to the maturity
level lacking
● More talking and explaining rather than getting the activity on its feet

Resources used:
These are the books we’ve used during the workshop rehearsals:
● 175 Theatre Games by Nancy Hurley
● Games for Actors and Non-Actors by Augusto Boal
● Drama Games for Those who Like to say No by Chris Johnston
● Drama Games for Classrooms and Workshops by Jessica Swale

16/05/2023
Workshop Plan:
This is the workshop plan and it'll change if it's needed in the running order but this is the
first draft.

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19/05/2023
In the afternoon we’ve done a workshop full out and seen how many minutes it'll be all
together. We’ve ended on 19 minutes, but it was shorter than this because we’ve got
stopped during Mohammeds ‘In and Out Sound Circle’ because we need to create
appropriate nosies if we are the leader and on wards we’ve got stopped on Rahel’s game
and Elisei because Elisei was waffling too much and we’ve got lost within the instruction and
Rahel was thinking too much on what instructions to go with a number for the children to
follow.

When I visited the primary school with my peers and Abigail Harvey, when the teachers
explained to the kids we will be doing a workshop I've seen there were multiple of different
reactions such as:
● One child rolled her eyes
● Some children were not excited
● There were excited children that shouted ‘Yay’
● Some kids were asking questions ‘how much is a few weeks?’
Here are some notes I’ve took about the children since I’d need to adapt the games to their
needs:
● One boy- working on a level Below and He needs to make the work easier. He may
get up and wander around to us or talk to himself. Keep him busy. Allow him to have
the toy3SQ
● One Child- Very vocal and dramatic.3SQ
● One child- Much lower Level than other children. 3AJ
● 3DR has few special needs kids so the same level difference.

Instructions when leading a Workshop:

Instructions and examples of what to do during a workshop by Louisa Doswell, since she
has more experience in the field of TiE.
● Repeat sentences if needed because the children have slower brain development
and they don't consume instructions as fast as adults. Then we have few children
with learning difficulties where they have delays in learning so they might need
instructions repeated.
● Speaking slower because then the children will be able to consume information
faster.
● Clearer speech because if we mumble or whisper the kids won't understand and
could miss out on an instruction
● Basic instructions and one at a time, since if we give them hard instructions they
either will do something opposite to it or not want to do the workshop at all. Then if
we give them all at once they wouldn't be able to do it.
● Appropriate language and basic words because when performing around kids it’s not
appropriate to swear around them since it’ll represent bad behaviour which they’d
might copy; as well basic use of language such as “Can you show us how you'd
make the lonely person happy?” Rather than “How would you approach a lonely
person?”

Every child would have a different reaction depending on their maturity and that's why we
need to exaggerate the games, but not make it childish.
Next week, me and Louisa Doswell thought of showing a whole run through of the workshop
to Abigail Harvey and if she decides it's too long or some games don't suit the theme then
we will cut the workshop to a warm-up activity and two games.

Scenario game:

● We split the kids into groups of two groups to make it even the numbers of children
will be 16 and 14
● Leaders Pandora and Bella
● The Children will get into groups of two.
● One person will be A and the other B.
● The leader would say Person A acts Sad and Person B you’re happy and how would
you make the sad person happy.
● Give them time to think and then they would do a freeze frame to represent Person B
helping Person A.
● The leader of the workshop would ask questions to the children about what they've
learnt.

This would be a PSHEe learning experience throughout the game and the game is still about
the theme of friendship so will give the children a better understanding of what it means to
be a good friend.

Chinese Whispers Mime:

This game got suggested by Anna and it’ll be swapped with the scenario game:

● The children will split into groups of ten.

● We will explain to the kids the rule so they will see a move, remember it and show it
to the next person.
● The kids will stand in the line facing the wall, One actor ( Actor B) will stand first in
the line so the kids don't argue whose first ( suggested by Elisei).
● Actor A will show a move to Actor B, Actor B has to remember it and show it to the
child and it goes on until the last child.
● The last child will show the move to the line and we will compare the last child moves
compared to the original.
● At the end we will talk with the children about what they’ve learnt from the game.

The rule:
The children aren't able to peek or turn around.

The aim of the game is a PSHEe session in a fun way based around the theme of friendship;
that the children will learn about gossip and how the gossip travels throughout the class and
how it changes throughout the passage of the message.

Groups 08/06/2023

Rule:
One girl and One boy accept one exception where one group will have one boy and two girls
since the class has more girls than boys.
Oliwia and Mohammed

Elisei and Rahel

Pandora,Bella and Sam

I’ve had a talk with Abigail Hravey and we had a talk about who we think will work the best
with who during the workshop. We’ve made these choices because we want to set a good
example to the kids of boys and girls working together. Then we looked at the confidence
level of people to match them with the people that have less confidence.

Pre-Final Workshop Plan

08/06/2023:

Pre-Final Workshop layout.docx

I’ve chosen to do it in those order because:

● Warm up is an important part of the workshop because the children don’t know us
and we don’t know them and a name and gesture will make us look and sound
welcoming as well the children won’t be afraid of us since we are complete strangers
to them. We can do one round of the game and we can do it with the whole group of
30.
● I’ve chosen then to do the Images game and the number game because the kids will
already be familiar with us and we will have the group of 30 kids together already
from the previous activity. The first three games contain a lot of movement and
Physicality.
● Then I’ll have Bella or myself (Oliwia) split the kids into three groups so we can do
the more nosey activities in smaller groups where the children will have more
opportunities to participate in such as the sound games or the Chinese whisper. The
other activities will be more focused on vocal activity so it can get nosy but it’s also
about having that control when it comes to workshops with children.
● The easiest way to split the kids is “If I give you number one you go here, number
two here, number three here”
● I’ve put Chinese whispers last because that game contains PSHEe activity where
they’ll answer questions about friendship and what they think of the game.This
activity is as well a cool down activity since they can rest more.

09/06/2023
I wasn't in but here's Abis feedback

Run of workshop 9/6/23

Abi's notes

● Adjust the order of games

● Make sure we have a back up game
● Start by introducing yourselves "my name is"
● Need name stickers
 ● Elisei - say movement, not gesture
● Explain to put a sound with a gesture
● Verbally check with each child if they have a sound
● Rahel - wait in a circle or a space (sounds very confusing)
● Prewarn the students to not bump into each other
● ALL of you need CLEARER instructions
● What happens if there's an odd number of students in each game - guide the
students so they're not alone
● Rahel - shout the numbers and the actions together "number 1 JUMP"
● Elisei - Don't walk whilst giving instructions
● Elisei - "ACT OUT A SITUATION" as they won't understand
● If counting, be really clear - count down from 5, "when I get to one be frozen in your
freeze frame"
● Elisei - slow down and give students time to process
● Emphasise working together as a team "good teamwork" "lovely working together"
● Sam - Be nice and clear - couldn't always hear or understand you. "could make an
animal noise if you can't think of one"
● Mohammed - look at the audience - give eye contact
● Be flexible in terms of delivering the instructions - always give examples
● Bella - "When you hear or see something and it gets passed on, it changes from
friend to friend and that isn't always very nice" (Sort out explanation for Chinese
Whispers"

Final Plan of workshops made by class on 09/06/2023

New Workshop Order

Game 1: Names and Gesture - 30 kids - Elisei
Game 2: Pass the Actions - Elisei, Pandora, Bella (split the students into 10)
Game 3: The Create a Picture Game - Elisei (30 students)
Game 4: The In and Out Sound Game - Mohammed (30 students)

Back up games:
- The Numbers and Actions Game - Rahel (30 students)
- Pass the Sound Game Sam (30 students)
- Cool down - stretches - Elisei (30 students)

The actual Performance Day

16/06/2023

As an overall the workshop went well and the children enjoyed themselves. We were able to
do three games with them because it took longer than we thought since there were around
30 children in each classroom so the games took longer than expected. The game that we
had to change a few times was the name and action game since the children were not as
confident to speak up and say their name, but the children that were near the end to say their
name were more confident because the game grew within time.

How did we adapt the game to the children teh name an gesture:
The children would only step forward and say their name and everyone copied.
What I've noticed for the future, is that children don't like being put on the spot as much so
it's not good to put the most confident game first.

It's important to have this kind manner towards children and a good bond with them because
then they will feel more confident when doing other activities. It's important as well that if a
child doesn't have a partner you just don't leave them alone, but try and come up with a back
up such as either being in a group with them or making up a bigger group so they don't feel
left out and I've noticed that when we did the last activity, the children liked to stay in friends
group and not spread around so it was important for us to break them apart and be with new
people. The games were fun as well for the disabled children and instead of excluding them
I've made the games to adjust for their needs so if a child needed help to create an action
I've helped and if the child didn't feel comfortable joining then they were observing to match
with their needs.