Key Stage 2 - Music, Dance and Drama

Years 3 to 6

Interpret portraits in new ways using a variety of performing arts approaches. At the end of these sessions, pupils get the opportunity to perform in the Gallery spaces in front of the portrait that inspired their work.

Minimum number of students is 10, maximum is 30.

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Sing a Portrait

Music Workshops for Years 5 and 6 in partnership with English Touring Opera

October 2011
Tues 4 / Thurs 6 / Fri 7

May / June 2012
Tues 29 / Weds 30 / Thurs 31 / Fri 1

ALL 10.30 to 14.30 with a break for lunch (not provided)

National Portrait Gallery and English Touring Opera team up to inspire pupils to use portraits as a starting point for developing class compositions. Exploring one portrait in detail and then composing a song about it, pupils will perform their completed compositions in front of the picture that inspired their music.

One class, maximum 30 pupils

Fee payable to English Touring Opera

For more details on Music, including costs, and all bookings please telephone English Touring Opera on 020 7833 2555 or email alexa.hills@englishtouringopera.org.uk

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Henry Unton Workshop

Elizabethan Social History Interpreted in Tudor Dance for Key Stage 2

November 2011
Mon 14 / Tues 15 / Weds 16 / Thurs 17 / Fri 18
Mon 21 / Tues 22 / Thurs 24 / Fri 25

February 2012
Mon 6 / Tues 7 / Weds 8

ALL 10.30 to 12.30

Reconstruct the life of the Elizabethan ambassador Sir Henry Unton with this half-day session of mime and Tudor dance. Starting with a slide presentation of the portrait, discover fascinating aspects of Elizabethan social history, learn to dance a pavane and then use the music to mime different aspects of Unton's life. The session culminates in a performance of completed work in front of Unton's portrait in the Tudor Gallery.

• Recommended for Years 5 and 6
• Follow-up webquest: KS2 History Tudor Film Set 

All History workshops cater for a minimum of 18 students and a maximum of 30 students.