Irene Upper Primary are SUPER STARS!!

Irene Lower Primary aboard a cruise shop

Some of our Lower primary students dressed up for their Mime to Music called How Clumsy! They looked wonderful and they performed their piece with lots of energy and enthusiasm! 

We run classes every Thursday from 2.00-3.00pm at Irene Primary school for ages 5-9yrs. 

The Upper Primary class for ages 9-12 attend from 3.00-4.00pm.

For more information or to enrol please call Juliet 0829091630 or email juliet@helenogrady.co.za.

You can also visit our website on www.helenogrady.co.za to see a full list of venues, days and times!

Brooklyn Upper Primary transform into factory workers

Our Upper Primary at our Brooklyn Studio are brilliant at dressing up and bringing props to class! 

They had so much fun with their play set in an ice cream factory!

Helen O' Grady Drama Classes take place every Tuesday in Brooklyn and Elarduspark. 

Faerie Glen Drama students dress up for their Mime to Music called How Clumsy

Students from our Faerie Glen studio came all dressed up for their Mime to Music on Monday. They looked marvelous and their outfits really heightened their performance! 

Beaulieu Lower Primary all dressed up

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Wow- everyone looked spectacular today - dressed to the nines from head to shoe!! 

The outfits really helped students get into character...we felt as though we were aboard a real cruise ship!

Earth Kids have fun at DRAMA!

The children are loving their drama classes with the lovely Sharlien! She has been exploring the themes All About Me and Let's Go to Work! 

Our programme focuses on developing good speech habits and developing confidence!  

Kindy programme at Treetops Montessori

This year we started running our Kindy Programme at Treetops Montessori. The children are really enjoying their weekly drama classes! So far this term we have learnt All about Me and Let's go to Work!

Dress up ideas for week 24 Feb - 1 March

This week we are exploring another Mime to music. This time it takes place aboard a luxury liner. We waiters and ships crew as well as our smart guests! They are attending a cocktail evening - students can dress up smart in evening dresses bow ties etc! 

Props - trays, captains hat, feather boas, jewellery and high heels!

Lindo Park Primary grade 7's working on their snippet

Many of the grade 6&7's have been doing drama with the Academy for many years. They are a fantastic bunch of students and during Monday's lesson they performed a quality snippet for us- wow such creative ideas! 

Dress Up ideas for week 17-22 February

Wow we have had some incredible outfits this past week! Well done students and parents!

This week the Lower Primary are doing a play set in Arabia... Think Jasmine and Aladdin...colorful clothes scarves and jewellery! 

This week our Upper Primary are doing a play set in an ice cream factory...bring along hard hats, coats, gloves, hairnets, boots!

Please Note: there is no dress up for the Beaulieu studio this week. There are classes on Tuesday but no classes on Saturday morning at Beaulieu due to half term.

Explorers and Spiders at Beaulieu studio

We had an awesome lesson with all our explorers and giant spiders! Thank you to our students and parents for all the effort that went into the very creative costumes!

Vicky visits from our head office in PE

Vicky Stroud is our franchisor and she runs her own Academy in Port Elizabeth. First she visited our classes that we run at Nizamiye School and then she joined 

us at our Midstream studio - where she was so impressed with the children's creative dress up ideas!

Thank you for the visit Vicky - it was lovely to see you and for you to meet some of Pretoria's SUPER STARS!!

This week's Dress up and props

Thank you to all students and parents the costumes last week for our Mime to Music were fabulous!! We will be posting pictures soon...

This week the Lower and Upper primary have to bring different things as they are each doing a different play!

Lower Primary (5-8yrs) please dress up as explorers or spiders!!

Upper Primary (9-12yrs) please dress up as Soccer supporters!!

Looking forward to seeing all your creative ideas!!

No Meat was enjoyed by all students this week!

Annlin Upper Primary acting like Cavemen

This week our dress up theme is Cavemen and women. Our students from Annlin performed their Mime to Music with gusto! Congrats to you all!!

Students in the upper primary are ages 9-12. They come from all the different schools in the area- Northridge Primary school and Laerskool Wonderboom for example. We also have many homeschooled children who attend drama to develop their confidence, skill in oral communication and social skills!  

This week's dress up theme and Bring a Friend

This week Monday 3 - Saturday 8 February all students in Lower and Upper  Primary are dressing up as Cavemen and Cave women!! 

This can be very easy...messy hair, brown or animal print clothes and dirty faces!!

This is for our Mime to Music called 'No Meat'!

The students are going to have a lot of fun with this! 

This week is also Bring a Friend Week!

This means that students can bring a friend (or 2!) along to drama for a free lesson!!