WebPlay Local
WEBPLAY LOCAL
8 weeks
Summer term
Years 3/4
Sign Up Deadline: February 2008
WebPlay Local is our newest programme, linking classes from across the same region to learn about each other and their local community.
Using the highly effective ‘Teacher-in-role’ drama technique, teachers and pupils act as secret agents working on a mission to put their community “on the map” by creating a multi-media guidebook for imaginary global travel agency Jet Set & Go.
With drama and technology training for teachers, secure webspace www.think.com, exciting weekly online videos and an interactive drama workshop, WebPlay Local is a highly effective programme for bringing drama and creativity into the classroom.
To watch our new film all about WebPlay Local click here:
How It Works
WebPlay is delivered in class, and on average requires two 45 minute sessions a week.
Pupils begin the programme by learning web safety and how to build their own webpages on Think.com. The class then receives weekly online videos from “Sinclair St John”, the fictional and high powered CEO of Jet Set and Go, who sets them research tasks around four key questions – Where is their local area? Who lives there and what are they like? What do people do there? Why is it special?
During the programme, the children attend an interactive drama workshop titled “The Secret Meeting” and work in person with their partner class, drama professionals and the WebPlay team to creatively explore their local area and help them develop their guiebooks. The programme culminates in the finished guidebooks being uploaded to Think.com, where they are celebrated by Sinclair St John himself.
What's Included
- Full teaching plan mapped across the National Curriculum, including week-by-week lesson guides and extension activities
- All teaching and pupil resources (including supplies to make a display board about your local community), Teacher-In-Role Handbook, internet safety leaflets for pupils and parents, and weekly video downloads
- Two days of training for teachers with drama professionals, including Curriculum, Website, Teacher-in-role and other drama techniques
- Access to www.think.com, a secure schools-only webspace that becomes a permanent resource for the school
- “Secret Meeting” at a local theatre venue with your partner class, which includes an interactive performance and drama workshop with theatre professionals
- In-class support from drama education professionals at least twice over the course of the programme
- Ongoing and on-demand support from mentor teachers and the WebPlay team via email, phone or in-class visits, as well as weekly email reminders outlining objectives for the week and highlighting best practice
For an overview of weekly lesson topics for WebPlay Local, download this PDF document.
