performing arts

Festival Aims to Inspire Pupils’ Love of Poetry

admin | March 21, 2009

At the beginning of January, teachers introduced poetry to their lessons, helping youngsters to explore the rhythm and language used within the prose. Each child was then asked to choose a poem that they enjoyed reading and to learn it by heart.

LAMDA Excellence in Speech & Drama Award

admin | February 26, 2009

Pupils from Smallwood took part in a ‘Reading for Performers’ award backed by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Smallwood Manor Pupils Selected for National Children’s Choir

admin | December 18, 2008

Smallwood Manor is celebrating after receiving the news that two of its pupils have been selected to join the National Children’s Choir. Edward Vernon-Stroud (10) from Uttoxeter and Camilla Dyer (11) from Hilderstone in Stafford auditioned for the choir in Birmingham last month…