Primary Schools
At Highly Sprung, we use our expertise and experience in embodied, physical learning to explore a range of primary curriculum topics and themes.
We offer a selection of ready-to-go workshops, delivered by artists in your school. We also offer bespoke workshops, residencies and performances to suit the needs of your students and empower their learning.
Workshops
Creative Curriculum
Explore maths, science and other curriculum topics in the classroom through embodied learning. Using games, problem-solving and physical activities, sessions encourage creative and divergent thinking in students. We have a number of options and so sessions can be bespoke, to fit the subject or curriculum area you are exploring.
These sessions prove especially beneficial for children whose learning styles might not be best met in a traditional classroom setting, as they allow concepts and learning to become tangible and experienced.
“Children became enthusiastic about all aspects of Science and Maths covered in Highly Sprung sessions. Pupils who usually had a set mindset became more confident and willing to problem solve. Children who would not usually lead groups or work as a team became more confident.”
Teacher
Stand Up to Hatred
A transformative physical theatre workshop which explores the powerful act of standing up to hatred. Through physical theatre, this workshop engages students in collaborative storytelling. It fosters empathy and resilience as we confront hatred, using the artistry of movement and dialogue.
Inspired by our award-winning schools programmes looking at the Holocaust and the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Story-Telling, Story Exploring
This engaging workshop allows students to dive into their favourite books, celebrating the power of storytelling with movement. Explore characters, themes and storylines through movement and creativity.
Uncover the deeper meanings behind the words and bring the pages to life, in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
“They really know Children, they understand how to take enthusiasm and mould it, and how to deal with a child who is taking a back seat – and bring them in to a place of enjoyment .”
Teacher
Oracy and Movement
Explore the beauty of language and its connection to physical expression. This session will enhance students’ verbal and movement skills, helping them gaining confidence with both.
This dynamic approach encourages creativity and collaboration. Students will discover how to embody words and create poems using new words, sounds and movement.
Performance Making
Turn your class into a performance company. Work intensively with a Highly Sprung artist in an exciting 2+ day residency. Students will create an original piece of performance, inspired by a a theme, story, historical figure or subject of your choice. The piece can then be used in-house for your assemblies, school shows, a sharing… it’s your call!
Play-in-a Day
Transform your students into theatre makers in just one day! This is a fast-paced, focussed session across one day, where a year group or multiple groups collaborate in making a piece of theatre from start to finish.
A group of Highly Sprung artists can work with a whole year group or a variety of groups. Our artists will lead students to collectively produce a piece of original performance, that can then be shared with the wider school community.
Workshops are available to book for a half-day or full-day, with one artist per 30 students.
For tailored workshops, residencies or live performances in your school, please email schools@highlysprungperformance.co.uk
We’d love to talk to you, hear more about what you need, and make sure we can create something that is just right.
Residencies
Transform your school and inspire creativity with a Highly Sprung residency.
Our workshops and activities foster creativity, collaboration, and confidence among students. With a proven track record in primary and secondary schools, we support teachers in enriching their curriculum, creating an inspiring environment where students thrive and express themselves through performance.
We can tailor a bespoke residency programme for you and your school. This could range from artists coming in to deliver weekly workshops, to Highly Sprung looking after your entire school performing arts provision.
Get in touch to discuss your needs and to see how we can support your school.
“Highly Sprung have been working in our school for the past 4 years…Their work has contributed to a cultural change within the school and created an environment where students are much more tolerant of each other… through their brand of physical theatre.” – Deputy Head, Coventry
Live Performance
Be inspired by the magic of live, professional performance… in your school!
Highly Sprung’s award-winning productions fuse aerial artistry, storytelling, physical theatre and circus. Our shows captivate students, uniting STEM and the arts while fostering creativity and excitement in young minds. Our performances can be seen by up to 500 audience members at a time and can easily fit into one of your school’s lessons.
We have a range of live performances tailored to different age groups, themes and curriculum areas.
Get in touch to discuss your needs and to see how we can support your school.
“Highly Sprung celebrate and elevate young people, building their confidence and aspirations. Their work has left a permanent mark on my students, and on me as a teacher.”
Teacher
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How we work
With over 20 years experience working with children and young people, our signature approach and methodology sits at core of each of our educational programmes.
Secondary Schools
Our Secondary School sessions explore varied themes through the development of physical theatre as a technical artform. We empower young people, support GCSE and A-Level work, and help them discover their voice and identity.