Monday, September 30, 2013

Term 4 Drama Classes start today!

After a short break we are BACK! 

Drama at our Brooklyn studio starts today - Tuesday 1 October 
Midlands and Annlin studios tomorrow - Wednesday 2 October 
Irene and Erasmia studios Thursday -
3 October
Wierda Park studio Friday - 4 October
Lyttleton studio Saturday - 5 October
Next Week - 
Faerie Glen studio - Monday 7 October
Sagewood studio - Wednesday 9 October (kindy) and  Friday 11 October

Lauren , Larisa and Juliet are looking forward to an action packed and fun filled term!!
 
 


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Earth Kids having fun with teacher Lauren at drama!

The Drama kids at Earth Kids are about to start their play called 'Surprise for Mum and Dad'. 
This exercise is great for developing confidence, creativity and for improving speech skills 

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Thanks to Word of Mouth Midlands Lower Primary has grown into a wonderful group

Teacher Lauren with our fantastic Lower Primary group! We have the perfect number in our class for our upcoming play at Centurion Theatre! Thank you to all our wonderful parents for spreading the word about our drama classes! 

To put your child's name on our waiting list for 2014 please contact Principal Juliet on 0861 000 557 or visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Hello! It's DRAMA TIME at Earth Kids

Teacher Lauren and the Kindy drama children from Earth Kids Nursery school greeted Principal Juliet with hugs and smiles!!
They are learning all about My Family and they really enjoyed looking at all the household things that Lauren brought in her special goodie bag!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Cultural Day at Star International School Pretoria




There was lots of excitement at Star International school today! It was their Cultural Day and students came dressed in their beautiful traditional outfits! 

Of course drama continued as usual. We are busy rehearsing for our show on 24 October and the students are doing an awesome job!

This week is the last week of term 3. After a short break we commence term 4 which will be jam packed with productions!

To find out how we can run our CAPS compliant programme in your school please contact Juliet  0861 000 557 or visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za

Monday, September 16, 2013

Kindy Drama at Midrand Montessori

Every Monday Helen O'Grady Drama Academy comes to Midrand Montessori to teach the 3-5yr olds Drama!

With our Kindy Curriculum we develop confidence and clear speech through  speech, movement, story telling and improvisation. 

To find out if we run classes at your child's nursery school please call Juliet 0829091630 or visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za


Exciting Rehearsals at our Erasmia studio





The Lower and Upper primary classes at our studio in Erasmia have joined forces to put on a spectacular play! The students are loving rehearsals! 
They are learning all about the Knights of the Round Table and they are learning important theatre techniques!





Friday, September 13, 2013

The Beaulieu Grade 0's were so happy to be back at drama on Tuesday!

    
Every Tuesday Helen O ' Grady Drama Academy visits Beaulieu Nursery School and Beaulieu  Prep School.

We have a wonderful group of Grade 0's who are very creative and they love using their imaginations to create snippets and improvisations!

Helen O'Grady Drama Academy runs its international curriculum in many schools across Pretoria and South Africa
For more details visit our website www.dramaafrica.com or call Juliet 0861 000 557
 

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Lyttelton Upper Primary buzzing with excitement

    

Our wonderful Upper Primary for ages 9-12 attend drama on Saturday afternoons in Lyttelton. They are a very committed drama group and they are thoroughly enjoying the rehearsals for their upcoming play!

For more information about our international programme or to enroll please contact Juliet 0861 000 557 or visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za
   

Drama Classes on Saturday Afternoons in Lyttelton

Our Lower Primary group of ages 5-9 love dressing up! 
They had so much fun performing their Circus play and their costumes were wonderful!


Mime to Music is an important part of our curriculum. Students have to show their emotions through body language and facial expressions - no voices allowed!!

Our Lyttelton lower primary really enjoy performing stories through Mime!

For more information regarding our classes on Saturdays in Lyttelton Manor please call Principal Juliet 0861 000 557 or visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Kindy Drama at BeNs Nursery school is back!

Talking about our holiday ...
Speech ...
Story telling...

Teacher Lauren was so excited to start the third term at BeNs Nursery school - she really missed her little Super Stars!
Today they were learning about their theme - Family!

Monday, September 9, 2013

Working with sticks

Our Youth Theatre is busy working on a physical theatre piece - where their only prop is a stick!
Students have a platform to develop their creativity and they have come up with some awesome ideas!

To find out more about our programme for teenagers please call Juliet 0861 000 557 or 082 909 1630 or visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za 




Friday, September 6, 2013

Making Friends at Helen O Grady Drama Academy

It is so wonderful to see students from different schools in the Pretoria East area getting together once a week - not just for the drama classes but to socialize as well!
Our very popular drama classes in Brooklyn take place on Tuesday afternoons in the Kykkos Hall at the Greek Church.

For more information or to sign up please call Principal Juliet Jordaan or visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za
  





Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Spring Seminar with our Gauteng Principals

It may have been a chilly first day of Spring yesterday but once all the Principals and their teachers started workshopping our upcoming plays the energy and enthusiasm soon warmed us up!
Thank you to everyone who gave up their precious Sunday to train with us! It was extremely worthwhile and we are all very excited to start rehearsing the end of year plays!

To enrol your child in a studio close to you please contact:-
PRETORIA
Juliet 0861000557 juliet@helenogrady.co.za

JHB NORTH EAST
hogdrama@telkomsa.net

JHB NORTH WEST
kerry@helenogrady.co.za

JHB SOUTH
Tim 0112349549
tim@helenogrady.co.za
 


It's time to perform!

Students age 5-9yrs from our Brooklyn studio are so excited about their upcoming play! 
The plays at Helen O'Grady Drama Academy are written in such a way that everyone is included in the ACTion!
This group particularly enjoyed learning the moves to the songs! They are so smart - they picked up the words to the song and the actions really quickly!

For more information about our program please call Juliet at 0861 000 557 or visit or website www.helenogrady.co.za