Performance opportunities are constantly provided at Cheam, and the Showcases for Years 3-6, produced in conjunction with the Music Department, give our younger students a chance to share their theatrical skills. These events are a window on the classroom, designed to allow pupils performance time in front of an audience of friends and family, and show what – be it dramatic techniques, historical events, or a particular genre – they are currently learning in class. In Drama we constantly aim to learn new and enrich old skills. And because they are whole year-group events, the Showcases provide a chance for every child to consolidate those skills, show them off, and relish being on stage.
Year 6 Showcase
If you think it’s borin’, the whole thing is borin’...
...you couldn't have been to see the Year 6 Showcase then. Parents, staff and friends were treated to a potpourri of dramatical and musical delight last Friday night when the younger members of the senior school demonstrated their considerable promise.
The Showcase comprised of three elements beginning with solo musical performances (many making their public debut), form dramas with a cunning continuity theme and finally the musical ensembles with everyone playing.
It was a magical evening and one enjoyed by all present. The Headmaster was effusive in his praise and indicated of much more to come from this talented bunch.
As one teacher said to the Head of Drama, “You do like your public transport skits...” After the Bus Stop scenes for the last Year 6 Showcase, the bus scene in Skellig, and now a bus trip for the children of the progress class in Our Day Out by Willy Russell, Cheam can expect to travel! There was overall, good entertainment with real quality acting from some as Year 6 threw themselves into the challenge. To see every child making an individual contribution but being an integral part of the whole was as heart warming as it was impressive. Imaginative and skilful choreography brought out the best in them and made the experience hugely enjoyable for both cast and audience.
It was a night when the Year 6 children grew up and became great little actors and actresses. A Grand Day Out with regional accents that weren't limited to Liverpool, or its outskirts... What larks! And the music was exceptional. Well done one and all, surpassing yourselves with both your music and your drama, and well done the team behind the whole masterminding of it all.
I absolutely loved it and it certainly was not "BORING" at all!