Physicality! Physicality!

Our TOM teams met last Thursday to work on their training challenges, looking at all the different elements of the criteria and how best to divide the tasks up to meet their timeline.  It's so common for teams to be distracted by props and costumes , when storyline is actually the most vital element to develop.  To help with this, we focussed on physicality in our drama game.  This is when the students explore using their bodies to communicate key elements of their character.  The inspiration today was the photograph below and the title "Galactic Rising:  a story of the Wasteland.  Their genre was fantasy.  Here are some images of the different ways they used their bodies to share their stories.

The delicate princess

The arrival of the god to assist the temporarily defeated hero

The not-so-delicate princess using magic to battle the hero

Victorious and Fabulous

Power play - a king about to be overthrown

High-5's of friendship between alien nations

super powers in battle

The automaton being wound up 

As mentioned above, in between working on these drama elements, the teams are developing their solutions to their training challenges.  All the teams are showing a willingness to learn and be shaped, to take responsibility for their own roles and strive to produce a great story.  I have to give special credit here though, to our youngest team.  The year 5/6 team, made up of Lucy, Jensen, Ben, Josiah, Meela, Beau and Elise are showing outstanding kindness and patience as they learn to work together.  I have been really impressed by the way they have taken guidance on board and the positive way they are working with each other. Terrific effort Team!