Head's Newsletter 17 June 2016

Year 7 Trip to Shakespeare’s Globe

listened carefully and many asked interesting questions. In our workshop, the boys were given a variety of different tasks, which increased in complexity as additional instructions were factored in. These warm up sessions and short activities led to various dramatic presentations of short scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream , our Year 7 Shakespeare text. We were blessed with warm weather at lunchtime and were able to sit on the grass in front of the Tate Modern and eat our their day to help us run this trip. We do hope they enjoyed the day, too. One of our parent helper’s comments on the day: “Congratulations on organising such a worthwhile venture! Our 7GB boys were wonderfully behaved and took part in the workshop with gusto. Our group leader Tom Davey was first rate and brought out the best in our group. “ picnics. We would like especially to thank the parents who gave up

On Wednesday 8th June, the whole of our Year 7 cohort enjoyed a great day out at Shakespeare’s Globe in Southwark. On arrival, we were divided into small groups and allocated a workshop leader, who would also double as a tour guide. First, we walked around the whitewashed exterior walls of the theatre’s polygon structure. Students were introduced to the history of the

construction of the original Globe and

the particular challenges and opportunities the reconstructed theatre presents for its actors. We climbed to the highest vantage point and viewed the stage from the

galleries, whilst actors limbered up below in preparation for rehearsals. Here, our guide talked us through the particular spaces of the stage, the heavens, the balcony, the discovery space and the trapdoor,

and the variety of audiences and the frequency of the plays in Shakespeare’s day, amongst many things. All the students