Key Stage 3 and 4 Performing Infamous Literature

This year Key Stage 3 and 4 have been engaging and celebrating some infamous texts written by some of the greatest and most regarded writers of all time. Students have produced some impressive work whilst enjoying their lessons. This year, they have really enjoyed taking part in a variety of drama activities and performing parts of the story to enhance their understanding.

Within the Autumn Term, Key Stage 3 explored the legend of Robin Hood. Throughout this module, we discussed the plot of the story, the setting of Sherwood Forest and the main characters including Robin Hood’s Merry Men. We also debated whether we thought Robin Hood was a hero or a villain. We then moved onto understanding the difference between a biography and an autobiography. The students then wrote a biography about Robin Hood and an autobiography about themselves. The work they created was amazing! We finished the topic by some of our students performing in a stage show of ‘Robin Hood’ which was brilliant!

Throughout the Autumn Term, Key Stage 4 have studied the great story ‘War Horse’ by Michael Morpurgo. This story linked to World War One which inspired a lot of discussion about what life was like as a soldier. Students then pretended to be a soldier in World War One and created their own diary entry pretending to be a soldier in a trench. The writing was brilliant and students included a lot of emotion within their writing. This book encourage a lot of discussion around some interesting themes including friendship, grief and bravery.

This term we have begun reading Aladdin in Key stage 3 where we have designed and made our own magical lamps. In Key Stage 4 we have started to read the Shakespeare Classic Romeo and Juliet and students are already gripped. We are planning to create our own recounts of the story and then a non-chronological report linked to the book.