Introducing Bluebeard's Bride

Dr Bluebeard is on a mission to find a perfect wife, but will it all end happily ever after?

We play some fun games to get to know each other and have an introduction to one of the songs.

Trying Something Solo

We discuss how it feels when you sometimes have to try something on your own for the first time and about our experiences.

We play a role-playing exercise where we step into a new scenario for the first time on our own. Afterwards, we discuss how it made us feel. 

We think of ways that we can make ourselves feel more comfortable when tackling new things in the future.

Three Reasons Why

This week, we explore opinions. We talk about how we all have different opinions about things and how that’s normal. Wouldn’t it be boring if we all agreed all the time?

We challenge each other's views by playing a game called Three Reasons Why. Each time someone expresses a point of view, we challenge them to give us three reasons why they came to this conclusion. 

Considering Others

We discuss what feelings are. Through just our body language, we act out different feelings and ask our friends to guess how we’re feeling. We also experiment with our voices and see if we can get people to guess how we’re feeling through our vocal tone.

We think about what it’s like if someone has hurt our feelings and explore how that makes us feel through a role-play exercise. 

Articulation

We learn what articulation is and that it's important to form clear words when we speak. 

We play some funny word games where we don’t articulate the words properly and learn how confusing that can be. Imagine asking for French fries and getting French flies!!!

We perform some tongue twisters which teach us how to make sure that when we speak we’re as clear as we can be. 

Developing a Character

We explore the process of developing a character and how actors go about doing this. We look at what the plot and the writer tells us about who a character is and how they behave, before exploring our own interpretations of the characters that we create. We look at the combination of voice and movement and how actors use these to portray their character. 

Imagination

We start off by talking about what imagination actually means and think about things that we've made up using our minds. We look at how authors write books purely from their imagination. We give the children a famous story and, in smaller groups, they're asked to act out a completely new and original ending.  
 

Public Speaking

We experiment talking in front of the whole class and talking to just one person and discuss how it differs. We practise speaking in front of an audience, paying particular attention to making sure that we're heard, using a loud voice, and facing the audience and making eye contact. We look at how it makes the audience feel when we don't do these things.  

Confidence

We ask the class to explain what they think confidence means. The children have a go at moving in a confident and unconfident way and we discuss how this influences our mindset. We think about the many reasons why we should feel confident about ourselves. It's a lovely feel-good class.

When I'm Prime Minister

All the children are asked to imagine that they're given the opportunity to be Prime Minister for the day. We ask them to tell us three they would change and why.

Bluebeard's Bride Show

We perform our end-of-term presentations. The children get a chance to show parents, friends and family what they've been working on all term. We hope you enjoy our Bluebeard's Bride show!

How to Make Friends

We discuss what friends are and how we make them. The children play some greeting games to show how we greet people when we first meet them. We think about the summer holidays and how we might be in situations (holidays or courses) when we might meet people for the first time.

We finish up by playing a speed detective game to find things out about each other.