Immersion afternoon

We watched the film "Gnomeo and Juliet" and completed a comprehension on Shakespeare. This made us think of lots of questions we would like to know so we wrote our questions on Jamboard. 

Exploring Shakespearean insults

What an experience we had "throwing" Shakespearean insults at one another and also making up our own! We split ourselves into Capulets and Montagues and we used - 

"Do you bite your thumb at me sir?"

To explore, describe and act the "balcony scene"

We watched a clip from the BBC Teach to help us gain an understanding of the balcony scene. We watched the clip a few times to ensure we knew what the scene was all about. Next we looked at an adapted version of the actual balcony scene and studied the language. This was followed by practising the scene with a partner and finally being recorded. It certainly put a lot of us out of our comfort zones but we ALL had a go! 

The "balcony scene" in our own words

We loved the balcony scene so much that we wanted to do more work on it so we made the choice as a class to put the balcony scene into our own words to make it a modern speech. We were so delighted with our work that we have put it on display in our classroom. 

Our rap of Romeo and Juliet

Dosbarth Gwyn worked hard with our music teacher Mr Evans to learn a rap all about Romeo and Juliet. Kye was the videographer!

King Henry VIII

Archetypes 

WARRIOR, MOTHER, TRICKSTER, INNOCENT, JESTER, VILLAIN  - How might these characters communicate personalities through movement?

How would a ‘villain’ move and say ‘A plague on both your houses!’  How would an ‘innocent’ move and say ‘A plague on both your houses! 

Designing and creating a mask

Our inspiration for our masks came from the masquerade ball in "Romoe and Juliet". However using pupil influence, we decided that instead of trying to disguise ourselves, we wanted to design a mask that truly represented ourselves.