Drama at RSM – Reigate St Mary’s [Video]

At RSM we recognise the crucial role that drama plays in primary school education. Drama helps chiildren to develop essential social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Through drama activities, children learn to express themselves, build self-confidence, and engage in creative thinking. By pretending to be different characters, they explore emotions and situations outside their daily experiences, which promotes empathy and emotional intelligence. Drama also encourages collaboration, as pupils often work together to create scenes, solve problems, and tell stories, fostering communication and teamwork skills that are vital throughout life.

Moreover, drama supports academic learning in a fun and engaging way. It can be integrated into subjects like history, literature, or even science, bringing abstract concepts to life and making them more accessible to young minds. Acting out a story, for example, enhances comprehension and retention of material. Drama also encourages critical thinking as children make decisions about characters, plot developments, and …