Moonstruck Astronaut kick off their Spring Drama in the Forest!

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00:00 So this is our first day, first morning of Spring Drama in the Forest. So this week we're

00:06 going to have, we've got me as a drama specialist, we're going to have a music specialist, a

00:10 craft specialist and a movement specialist all working, supporting children, encouraging

00:14 children to co-create animal stories in small groups that they will share with their families

00:21 and friends on Thursday to finish the week. So it's all, there's so much weaved in. So

00:27 it's children between the ages of 6-12, we have 18 and we just get to know each other

00:33 this morning really. We have a lot of children who return, pretty much over half have returned

00:37 so can finish on the Forest. So I think what they gain is a sense of belonging, a sense

00:42 of confidence growing in sort of different, I wouldn't say covert, but different ways

00:50 where it's like it can be through creating the craft it doesn't have to just be acting.

00:53 There's a lot of exposure to creativity that they won't have come across before. Obviously

00:57 exposure to high standard art and actually realising how beautiful and broad it is to

01:03 co-create together. There's so many soft skills they're learning through getting to know people

01:08 they don't know at all and by Thursday they are working as a team, they're patient, they're

01:13 kind and considerate. Yeah so we get rave feedback from parents and we're funded by

01:20 the Arts Council to run it this year which is a huge achievement because it takes a lot

01:23 of evidence to show the worth of the work.