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Learn English
When it comes to learning a language, it is vital that students have an understanding of all 4 of the key language learning skills: the Productive skills (Speaking & Writing) and the Receptive skills (Listening & Reading). Our Creatro courses are entirely in English, so our students will be immersed in the English language from September right through until June.
We will work on pronunciation and enunciation in English, making sure that their accents and general fluency sound correct and that they are speaking the language as well as possible. With the Director’s help, the students will write, edit and produce a script for a brand new Stage-Play. This will test their written abilities and of course, strengthen and improve upon them.
The course is led by a native English teacher with 10 years of experience teaching English in Madrid. The children will be actively listening to English throughout the course, and they will be required to engage in many conversations regarding the project. Once the script is almost finished, the children will have to use their critical reading skills so that they can analyse, edit and give more shape to the script and the overall narrative of the Play.
Create Theatre
Creativity is at the heart of everything we do at Creatro. The students are not provided with a ready-made script. They will have to sharpen their creative thinking skills to create a strong narrative, believable characters and a well thought out setting for the Play. We will go through some narrative theory, focusing on Beginning, Middle & End and what each of those steps require. We will improvise characters and develop their personalities and relationships with one another. Creatro encompasses the entire creative process of inventing an original Stage-Play.
At Creatro, we welcome the beauty of a child's imagination and creative thought process, and then we bring it to life on stage! It is important to us that the students enjoy the course, and that the parents enjoy the final performance, so elements of Comedy will be incorporated into the script, capturing the joy and uniqueness of a child’s humour. We will build our Play around a moral message which students will ultimately take away with them at the end of the course. At Creatro we create childhood memories which will last forever!
Become an Actor
Forget what you know about School Plays. At Creatro we take Drama and acting seriously. Throughout the course our students will learn about the importance of Body Language, and how much we communicate physically. They will experiment with many different Facial Expressions, and learn about the power of Eye Contact. They will play around with Posture and Movement, as well as Tone of Voice and how this can be linked to our Emotions. We will even discuss different English Accents which exist around the world, and how we can try to imitate them.
The children will create their characters for the Play and will learn to love, understand and grow with these characters. For some children, sports are a natural outlet, but Creatro is looking for newcomers and aspiring actors and actresses interested in showcasing their acting abilities!
Social Skills
As the old saying goes, there is no "I" in "Team". It would be nearly impossible for anyone to create a Stage-Play alone, and that's why working together as a team is a fundamental aspect of Creatro. This is a Group Project, one in which the students will enhance their Communication Skills and learn to give and receive Constructive Feedback. We will help build up their Self-Esteem, encouraging each other whilst understanding that no idea is a bad idea!
At the beginning of the course we will be playing Drama games and getting to know one another, but once the students have started to form bonds with each other, they should feel inspired to get across their ideas and shape the story itself. Everyone will work with everyone as ideas spark, relationships develop and ideas come to fruition. The students are sure to make friends along the way, and they will feel more confident socialising with students of different sexes and ages. Here at Creatro, we are all unique but we are all equal.
Public Speaking
There is a difference between studying English from textbooks and having the ability and confidence to use English in public. After completing a course at Creatro, our students will speak with clarity and be able to project their voices so that they are suited for the theatre. Our students will speak with better Eye Contact and improved Physical Posture. They will learn to overcome their fears of speaking in front of others, and they will slowly but surely conquer any shyness they may feel.
On stage they will display confidence and charisma, whether they are singing and dancing or reciting their lines in character. At Creatro we turn students from Good Public Speakers into truly Great Public Speakers. A skill they will carry through life with them.
Have Fun
Students learn best when they are having fun! Yes, they will be learning and using lots of English, but there are no exams, no textbooks and no essay writing here. We will laugh and play games together in a safe environment. One for kids to be kids, and one for teenagers to be teenagers.
Creatro students will have lots of fun, helping with Set Design and also drawing Backgrounds which we will use as backdrops when performing the final Stage-Play. The students will consider their characters’ costumes, they will make friends, create Art, and improve their English along the way!
