Act 3

Shadow puppetry

Mimi Doulton 29th October 2020 Act 3, Backpack Options, Cowdenbeath Primary School, Puppetry 1 Comment
Shadow puppetry

Project Title

Shadow puppetry

Build your own theatre and make shadow puppets!

Partner Organisation: Little Angel Theatre
Art-form: Puppetry
Lesson plan included? No
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 4
Partner activities: Scoops Space; How to make a pocket theatre; Making paper puppets
Covid-secure advice: where possible children should use their personal equipment
Difficulty: Advanced

Building Blocks Explorer: Dance

Mimi Doulton 29th October 2020 Act 3, Backpack Options, Dance No Comments
Building Blocks Explorer: Dance

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Building Blocks Explorer: Dance

In this five-week project, members of The Royal Ballet will share important strategies that will help you and your children create a successful dance. Everyone involved in this project will be a dancer and at times a choreographer. The teacher will be the creative director!

Partner Organisation: Royal Opera House
Art-form: Dance
Lesson plan included: on the Royal Opera House website.
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 5
Covid-secure advice: social distancing may need to be incorporated into choreography
Difficulty: Advanced

Create and Sing: Hansel and Gretel

Matthew Crowfoot 28th October 2020 Act 3, Backpack Options, music No Comments
Create and Sing: Hansel and Gretel

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Create and Sing: Hansel and Gretel

Join CITV presenter Luke Franks as he visits the Royal Opera House and meets a host of young singers who introduce him to the opera Hansel and Gretel. This ten-lesson Immersive course will guide you and your class through the process of putting on your own version of this opera (which includes specially arranged musical extracts), and help you establish the key elements of dramatic singing.

Partner Organisation: Royal Opera House
Art-form: Music
Lesson plan included? on the Royal Opera House website
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 10
Covid-secure advice: Singing activities may not be allowed
Difficulty: Advanced

Fever

Matthew Crowfoot 28th October 2020 Act 3, Backpack Options, music No Comments
Fever

Project Title

Fever

An interactive online opera for 8 to 12 year olds. There are 5 songs in Fever!  Each session you will find:

  • lyrics and teaching guides to learn each song
  • videos that teach some moves to go with them
  • creative writing and science tasks to try
  • tips to make simple props and costumes

Over the 5 weeks, you'll learn the whole thing! 

Partner Organisation: Scottish Opera
Art-form: Music
Lesson plan included? on the Scottish Opera website
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 5
Suitable for children with additional needs? 
Covid-secure advice: Singing activities may not be allowed
Difficulty: Advanced

Scottish Opera

Design and make

Matthew Crowfoot 26th October 2020 Act 3, Backpack Options, Craft, Visual Arts
Design and make

Design and Make

Design and Make

At the end of this 10-week programme, your students will present their set designs for a featured opera or ballet in a scale model box. Join designers Ruth Paton, Rhys Jarman and Catherine Morgan as they explore the fascinating world of set design, and explain how to create a wealth of exciting scale models.

Partner Organisation: Royal Opera House
Art-form: Craft / Visual art
Lesson plan included: on the Royal Opera House website.
Number of lessons (60 minutes): 10
Covid-secure advice: children should bring their own equipment or work with individual equipment (scissors, glue etc.)
Difficulty: Hard