Monday was a little bit different for Newport's Year Six pupils this week as they had the wonderful opportunity to experience drama, music and modern foreign language workshops at The Connaught school. Leaving Newport shortly after assembly time, pupils walked the short distance to our local secondary school. The whole day was spent enjoying the delights of drama which included a variety of great games including "What are you doing? "and "Animal antics" that really helped listening, concentration and performance skills. Miss Clements led two great sessions that enabled every pupil to become more confident in their own performance. ( Ideal timing for Newport pupils as the play scripts for the Christmas extravaganza have just been issued by Mrs Austin).
Miss Hardiman, from Connaught's music department, led an African themed workshop in which pupils learnt that over 54 countries make up this amazing continent! Focussing on South Africa, pupils warmed up with a variety of fun musical games including" The musical lift" and "Clap that one out" before performing close harmonies to the folk song, Wimoweh.
The afternoon was spend with the modern foreign languages department where pupils had great opportunity to practise their French and German in a carousel of activities that helped widen vocabulary in both these important languages.
Further workshops have been planned for the 2015 Spring term and both pupils and staff had a great time working together on this project.
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