For the last two weeks of Autumn term, students put together a performance extravaganza in their Showtime topic. This year, our performance was based on Back to the Future. We were very fortunate to be able to go see the West End musical version of the story in order to inspire our performances.
In English, we wrote playscripts based upon our performance concept of going 'Back in Time' to different Christmases. Students learnt about the importance of clear stage directions to help the actors know what to do and which emotions to express.
Of course, most of our time was spent preparing for our big performance. We made props, decorations and tickets, discussed costumes and practiced our scripts... a lot! This culminated in a fantastic performance, we were very proud of the hard work and enthusiasm displayed by students in order to put each scene together.