Workshop: Viaje por España

Description: Theatre workshop for Spanish KS3 students. The objective of the workshop is to familiarize students with the geography of Spain and the customs of each place. Towards the end of the workshop, more in-depth activities are included that try to stage a situation as well as analyze three famous paintings. 

Facilitators/actresses: 1 

Number of students: up to 25 students

Duration: 1h

Level: KS3

CURRICULUM

KS3 Curriculum (pg. 32): http://archive.teachfind.com/qcda/curriculum.qcda.gov.uk/uploads/MFL%201999%20programme%20of%20study_tcm8-12069.pdf

How this workshop meets the curriculum:

• Famliarization with Spanish culture: consider their own culture and compare it with Spanish customs, consider the experiences of other people, learn the most important features of each region.
• Basic learning: listen carefully to distinguish sounds and identify meanings; learn how to use context to interpret meaning; learn how to use their knowledge of English to learn Spanish.
• Learning implementation: how to communicate with each other in Spanish through activities delivered in the workshop.

WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

The entire workshop, except where noted, is in Spanish.

0:00h – 0:10h – Presentación: nos ponemos en círculo e introducimos Valencia (Presentation: we sit in a circle and introduce Valencia)

0:10h – 0:20h – Segunda ciudad: Sevilla (Second city: Sevilla)

0:20h – 0:35h – Tercera ciudad: Barcelona. Incluye una introducción a Gaudí y escenificación de sus obras más importantes (Third city: Barcelona. Includes an introduction to Gaudí and a staging of his most important works)

0:35h – 1:00h – Cuarta ciudad: Madrid. Incluye un análisis de cuadros de Velázquez, Goya y Picasso, y la escenificación de éstos. (Fourth city: Madrid. Includes an analysis Velazquez, Goya and Picasso paintings, as well as the staging of them.)

1:00h – 1:05h – Despedida: los alumnos dicen palabras que han aprendido en la sesión y las repetimos juntos. (Farewell: Students share words that they have learned and we repeat them together.) 

Educational Programme of Cervantes Theatre

More that 3500 students have visited our theatre in class outings. Throughout the function of La Casa de Bernarda Alba, STC organised workshops delivered after the performance at the Cervantes Theatre which were attended by 30 schools. 

We have also conducted six external educational workshops aimed at children between the ages of 10 and 18, which were held in conjunction with and at the headquarters of five schools (with Tonbridge School, James Allens School, St. Thomas the Apostle School, Wimbledon High School and Channing School). The workshop dealth with talks and performances focused on the works of García Lorca, the Spanish Civil War and the general learning of the Spanish language. Depending on the type of workshop, we focus on giving a more theoretical seminar or take a more participatory approach.

Cervantes Theatre’s commitment to education and teaching also materialises in our online educational platform (schools.cervantestheatre.com) focused on works that we have produced in the theatre that are also part of the A Levels. Besides, and contributing to our experience, we also teach interpretation classes for adult students (not available for students under 17 years old). In 2019 50 students partook a range of different courses.