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!

Erasmia Lower Primary Clowns!

One of the main ways we stimulate the children's communication skills is with structured improvisations. Here are the Erasmia Lower primary Class performing The Circus Clown 

The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy has been teaching confidence and communication skills to children since 1979. For more information call the office on 0861 000 557 or visit our website www.helenogrady.co.za

Erasmia Lower Primary Enjoying their Drama lesson!

Our lovely teacher Lauren taught the students from our Erasmia studio a great play called The Super Snowman! They enjoyed dressing up with beanies scarves and gloves! 

Movement at Erasmia with our 5-9yr olds!

Our 5-9 year olds are so good at doing movement! Every week we include movement in our lesson. It is so important for children to learn to use their bodies in different ways!

Rehearsals in Full Swing at our Erasmia Studio

Our Studio in Erasmia is full of excited students as we draw closer to our production at the Centurion Theatre on the 11 November!
All the students have been working hard to prepare their play Tray Chic for friends and family!

Take a look at our Erasmia Upper Primary Super Heroes

If you live in the Erasmia, Laudium area of Pretoria why not come and join us on Thursday afternoons at the Erasmia Hall for Speech and Drama Classes!! Our wonderful international curriculum boosts confidence, self esteem and oral communication skills. The best part is that our classes are FUN FUN FUN....

Week 1 of Term 3 is almost complete!

The first week of the term has almost come to an end. What a fun and exciting week it has been! We have loved seeing all our students back after the holidays! And of course it has been wonderful to meet our new students and welcome them into the Helen O'Grady family!

We are looking forward to our classes at First Friends Montessori, Sagewood Pre School & Prep School and in Wierda Park tomorrow (Friday 20 July). Then on Saturday it is off to Beaulieu Prep and Lyttelton.

Favourite quote of the week came from 5 year old Sufyaan from our Erasmia Studio - "Why did Drama take so long to come again?" Quite right Sufyaan the holiday was way too long!!

Our Enthusiastic Erasmia Students had so much fun on Parent Day!

Our Erasmia Lower and Upper Primary classes delivered a wonderful Parent Day Presentation to happy parents, grandparents and friends! It was so rewarding to see how quickly students who are fairly new to our programme have joined in whole heartedly, participating enthusiastically and confidently in each activity.

Our classes aim to promote confidence and communication skills in children aged 3 - 18 years.

Our 5 - 8 year olds performed their mini play called The School Orchestra...

 Our 9 -12 year olds performed their structured scene called, "How the Zebra Got His Stripes"

Our Erasmia Lower Primary Class loved performing their Play The Cooking Competition

In a Master Chef South Africa style play our Erasmia students pulled out all the stops! They really enjoyed being able to bring their own props and dress up to suit the theme!

Erasmia Lower Primary Class on Thursday Afternoons

 What a beautiful day to perform outside!! Our play on Thursday was all about a Birthday party and we mimed all the different shaped presents that we brought for the Birthday girl :-)

Here we are ready for our scene starter which we perform in pairs! So much fun!

Erasmia Upper Primary Classes always GREAT FUN!!

We have a great venue in Erasmia where we run our classes on Thursday afternoons!
If you are betweent the ages of 9 and 12 come along to the Erasmia Hall on Vrolikspruit Road on Thursdays from 4pm - 5pm. Students who attend the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy in Erasmia always have great fun with their teacher, Chene. Here you can see them in dramatic action with her.
Call Principal Juliet Jordaan on 082 909 1630 for further details...

Erasmia Classes full of Excitement!!

It seems to rain every Thursday afternoon...but that doesn't stop our little Super Stars from attending their favourite lesson of the week :-) Their wonderful and caring teacher Chene is so good at teaching them how to pronounce their words correctly and this week they had so much fun performing their play 'Watch Out! It's a Snake!'

Our NEW studio in Erasmia is Growing as more and more parents see the Benefits of our programme!

The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy is in its fourth year of operation in Midrand and Pretoria and the drama classes after school in Erasmia are highly popular. The children have a fantastic creative time with their expert teacher Chene. Research has shown that children who engage in extra mural school activities are more likely to have better focus at school and much improved academic success.

Our New Studio in Erasmia on Thursday afternoons is open and Drama classes are filling up fast!

The Lower Primary students are reallly enjoying their Drama classes in Erasmia! Students from many schools in the area get together on Thursday afternoons for a fun filled hour of drama!

First Friends Montessori - First Kindy Drama Lesson of the Year!

Larisa was so happy to be back at First Friends Montessori! It was great to see our students from last year - who have grown so much in the holidays!! And we loved meeting our new students who joined our Kindy Drama group for the very first time! They did a wonderful job and loved learning and acting 'All About Me'! The Helen O' Grady Drama Academy teaches all the students from First Friends Montessori school every Friday morning :-)