Lights, Camera, Action!
Perhaps the highlight of the RSM Drama year is the Upper School production every March, when Years 5 & 6 pupils perform an exciting upbeat musical and commit to disciplined rehearsals for many weeks beforehand. The standard is always extremely high, and everyone thoroughly enjoys collaborating to bring together a full-scale show.
Confidence blossoms and it is always wonderful to see children, who may be initially reticent, performing on stage with poise and self-assurance.
Watch: Introduction to Drama at RSM
All aspects of drama are explored during the weekly lessons, from improvisation to stagecraft, performance poetry to mime/movement, and characterisation to devised pieces. Lessons encourage self-confidence, collaboration and the development of vital public speaking skills.
Art and DT
Specialist art teaching in the Upper School ensures that children develop both core skills and processes to build their artistic experience and their innate creativity.
Using a variety of media such as paint, collage, printmaking, ceramics, mixed media, sculpture, drawing, and Computer-aided Design (CAD), children are encouraged to explore freely as well as refine their technical skills.
Study of the work of artists, designers, and craftspeople from a diverse cultural range enables children to understand the place of the visual arts in the world.