Fairy Tales Workshop
Past Productions Education LTD
School Workshop Online Workshop
Our Fairy Tales workshop is designed to give students a magical insight into the wonderful world of storytelling. We send in a storyteller who will deliver this workshop with the children.This workshop can either be done as a "Play in a Day" style where the children practice and put on a performance of our own bespoke tale "The Magic Knapsack".
We can also do smaller stories where the children will explore a range of fairy tales with our facilitator using the story, and lots of games and exercises to back up the key themes of the stories. The stories we currently cover are:
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Cinderella
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Little Pigs
Rumpelstiltskin
Little Red Riding Hood
Hansel & Gretel
Lots of teachers love us specifically because we focus a lot on Oracy (through drama). We believe in building confidence for every child and take great pride in sometimes being the first people to help some students open up and find their own inner voice to be able to share in front of others.
When we have more than one class for the day, shorter sessions our run so that each class gets quality time with our facilitator.
Current special offers for school groups
Local Schools Offering
Our cheapest prices are for schools closest to us. We are based on the Wirral, so advantageous pricing is given to schools on the Wirral, in Chester and the Liverpool area.
valid until: August 2027
Multiple Workshop Discounts
We offer discounts if multiple bookings are made for the same academic year. Bookings must be made at the same time, so we do advise if you have a history co-ordinator to have a chat with them to see if we can help fill any gaps in the history curriculum that you currently have.
valid until: August 2027
New School
If you are a new school to us and you've had other quotes from providers, we promise to match any quote or beat it by upto 10% if we're able to. We do pride ourselves on having some of the most best value prices out there.
valid until: August 2027
Where we travel to
We can visit your school in: East Midlands, West Midlands, London & South East, East of England, South West, North East, North West, Yorkshire, Wales, Scotland
What activities are available during this school workshop?
PLAY IN A DAY - PERFORMANCE
The students will get the chance to:
• Pick core elements of our barebones story
• Work for the day on refining and honing their performance skills before an invited audience comes to watch it (this audience could be parents, peers, or local mayors).
• Learn about the different types of stories that exist and how you can identify them using popular films and culture references.
• Use costumes, props and lots of physical theatre and their voices to create our adventure tale.
If we are working with multiple classes, this has been run successfully as two half-day workshops on the same day.
SHORT STORY EXPLORE
Each class would get their own session with our facilitator. We would set up the hall with several zones around it. Each zone would represent a different story. The children will then sit around the edge of the zone, hear the story with a few props and playing the characters, then play a game to reinforce part of the tale. They would then move to a new zone for a new story and props etc. We will then look to recap the stories and morals with them at the end to embed the knowledge. Stories we can currently cover are...
The students will get the chance to:
• Pick core elements of our barebones story
• Work for the day on refining and honing their performance skills before an invited audience comes to watch it (this audience could be parents, peers, or local mayors).
• Learn about the different types of stories that exist and how you can identify them using popular films and culture references.
• Use costumes, props and lots of physical theatre and their voices to create our adventure tale.
If we are working with multiple classes, this has been run successfully as two half-day workshops on the same day.
SHORT STORY EXPLORE
Each class would get their own session with our facilitator. We would set up the hall with several zones around it. Each zone would represent a different story. The children will then sit around the edge of the zone, hear the story with a few props and playing the characters, then play a game to reinforce part of the tale. They would then move to a new zone for a new story and props etc. We will then look to recap the stories and morals with them at the end to embed the knowledge. Stories we can currently cover are...
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Cinderella
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Little Pigs
Rumpelstiltskin
Little Red Riding Hood
If you're covering a different
Hansel & Gretel
Which curriculum topics do we cater for?
English Workshop
Storytelling Fairy tales Myths and Legends Story writing
Discover and deepen your knowledge of Fairy Tales using our workshop that incorporates drama, oracy, and lots of fun! Our costumed characters will transform your learning experience into a memorable and engaging event that will leave students with a thirst to find out more. Our aim is to promote a love of storytelling and inquisitive questioning.
What size groups do we cater for?
Our ideal group is between 1-3 classes for a days workshop. The day is split into a round-robin style of activities. With three classes, it could alos be split across two days (at a discounted rate for the second day) to allow for our best learning experience.
Groups with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
Behaviour & flexibility
Individual needs discussed before visitFlexible activity pace
Flexible scheduling
Staff support
Risk assessment availablePre-visit planning available
Staff experienced with SEND groups
Learning & communication
SEND-friendly workshops
We try to tailor all of our workshops to the needs of the audience that we are presenting too. For any schools that have any profound learning needs, we do request a phone call so that we can assess the needs and that what we can offer is going to be suitable and accessible for the majority. Some things that we can do are:
- Simplify Activities (e.g. instead of drama where the students split into groups, we do activities as a whole group that reinforces either the stories or information that is conveyed in the original material).
- Meet participants beforehand to go over any costume changes / day activities
- Send things in advance to be put into Braille or simplified/checked by teachers for appropriateness for their cohort
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Anything else?
If you have any specific wishes for your history workshop , please let us know in advance. We will always try to accommodate your wishes where we can (time and resources permitting).
Who are Past Productions Education LTD?
We provide historical workshops for schools nationwide in the UK. We believe in the power of drama to bring learning to life - this underpins all of our workshops and planning. We come to your school and bombard the students with a variety of activities (including drama, quizzes, artefacts, costumes and creative writing).
Our aim is to immerse the students and give them an overall understanding for the topic. We have been used to kick-start, reinforce or to celebrate the end of the topic with a consolidation of their learning.
We source our artefacts from unique traders. We always allow the students to handle what we bring in with us.
Every enquiry gives you a chance to win trips and workshops for your school - We are giving away a free trip for every week of the Autumn term!
