We provide inclusive workshops where students have the opportunity to learn performing arts skills in an environment where everyone is encouraged to realise their potential.

We work alongside your school to fully promote a more creative curriculum

 Through weekly drama sessions children will explore a subject using drama, storytelling, song-writing, music and movement. In our workshops:

• We ensure that the planning of the scheme iscentredaround the immediate needs of that specific group of young people
• Teachers can learn new skills for using drama in the curriculum, creating new enthusiasm for subjects and for working inclusively in the future
• We present effective ways to discover new methods of communication which is especially useful in a class where many different languages are spoken
• Children will gain confidence. When working together as a team where everyone’s contribution is equally valued, self esteem is boosted.

All Haringey Shed’s projects focus on inclusion and group cohesion; encouraging classes to work together in a way that they might not usually have the opportunity to do. Students learn how to work as a team and respect each other by active participation.

The workshops are fun and challenging with an implicit underlying theme of the importance of working together. We take a serious subject, for instance, Road Safety and make it fun and memorable.

The workshops are 1 – 1 ¼ hours in length.HaringeyShed will bring a team of between 3 – 5 members of creative staff (including a musician) in order to ensure all the students we work with receive the level of support they require. The staff team work under the guidance of our Artistic Music Director, Laura Forbes who oversees all the projects. Laura has been working in Inclusive Theatre for a number of years and holds a Masters in Performance.

Our staff teams are all trained in child protection and inclusion and are CRB checked.

Feedback from Schools

"The children responded with excitement, enthusiasm, dedication and were willing to learn different skills.”

"The children felt a sense of pride and excitement during and after the performance.”

"..it opened up new ideas to them... students have managed to build friendships which started from this project”

"..helped them understand their own feelings, difficulties, strengths, etc. Also raised self esteem."

"The sessions were fantastic. As was the final production. Please come again!"

"The children were so engaged and included individually, that they didn’t fuss about being grouped with friends"

For more information please contact Bizi Websdell bizi@haringeyshed.org. or 020 8801 7209