Sagewood Upper Primary rehearsing for Parent Day

Our grade 3&4's from Sagewood School are getting ready to perform The Camp Out at our Parent Presentation on Friday 19 June. 

This wonderful improvisation gives students a platform to practise their acting and ad-libbing skills!

For more information about our  programme contact Juliet 0829091630 or email juliet@helenogrady.co.za 

Kindy Drama at Nizamiye School

Our grade RR's at Nizamiye School really enjoy their drama classes with Helen O'Grady Drama Academy

Today we explored the space theme. We acted out a story and learnt a song all about a rocket ship!

Principal's Seminar - East London - a great success!

This weekend Principals from all over South Africa and Africa gathered in East London for our annual mid year conference. It is wonderful to catch up with everyone and find out what is happening in the different areas!
We also went through our upcoming curriculum which is always exciting !

WIERDA PARK YOUTH THEATRE ARE THE BEST!!

Every Friday evening this group of dynamic teenagers meet in Wierda Park for a funfilled hour of drama! Creativity and communication is the name of the game!

TALENT AT OUR LYTTELTON STUDIO!

Juliet Jordaan, principal of Helen O Grady Drama Academy in Midrand and Pretoria had the pleasure of teaching the Lyttelton studio a few Saturdays ago! They are such a wonderful group of students with talent oozing out of them!
Some of them wore our special drama tshirts which looked really super!

Thanks boys and girls for making the lesson so enjoyable!

GAUTENG HELEN O GRADY DRAMA ACADEMY PRINCIPALS JOINT TRAINING SESSION

Last week, principals of the Gauteng region - Anita Hollis (JHB North East), Kerry Holbrook (JHB North West) and Juliet Jordaan (PTA and Midrand) had a joint training session. They shared their expertise with new and old teachers alike and workshopped the 2011 curriculum!

WIERDA PARK WOWED AUDIENCES WITH THEIR WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES AT THE CENTURION THEATRE!

This group of young actors ranging in age from 5-8yrs have strong clear voices! They really showed their parents how successful our programme is as they acted with confidence and showed off their oral communication skills!

Our Wierda Park Upper Primary are a very creative and talented bunch of students! They are dedicated and enthusiastic and their teacher Larisa really enjoys teaching them on Friday afternoons!

Our Youth Theatre from Wierda Park ages 13yrs+ ended off our show with their fantastic play called The Kidnapping of Kitty O Hara!
The costumes and the decor added to their performance making it world class!

Farming is Fun at the Helen O' Grady Drama Academy!

Feeding the Chicks and collecting the eggs!

                                                      Digging and raking...

The farmer (well..our stand in, Aidan...as our regular farmer was absent! and of course the lovely farmer's wife!

Milking the cows...

These enthusiastic and talented students are preparing for their end of year play, The Chicken Hearted Fox! They are really enjoying role playing all the different activities on the farm!

PRETORIA IS SO PRETTY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR!!

The Jacarandas are out in full bloom! The streets of Pretoria are looking gorgeous! The children are full of excitement for their upcoming plays and life is simply marvellous!!!

Brooklyn Upper Primary have just started Rehearsals for their End of Year Play

These students are so excited for their upcoming plays which will be held at the Centurion Theatre on Sunday 28 November

WIERDA PARK STUDENTS HAVING FUN WITH THEIR AMAZING TEACHER LARISA!

                  The Wierda Park students are very good at displaying their different emotions!

Don't forget to book your place in our Holiday Stage School!!

Lots of fun to be had by all at our Holiday Workshop from 5th July - 9th July at the Brooklyn Greek Church!!! Book now to avoid disappointment!
(for more details - see blog entry on 22 May)

TERM 2 HAS BEGUN!!

We have almost reached the end of the first week of term!! It has been great to see all the students again :-)
The Upper Primary classes are very excited about the upcoming Parent Day Presentations and are looking forward to working on the different pieces!!

A the end of the second term we invite parents, teachers and friends to come and watch a cross section of work that we have covered over the year! It is a great opportunity for the children to showcase their talents!!

Our lines are Down!!

Our phone lines are down - please email juliet@helenogrady.co.za if you need to get in touch with us!

REHEARSALS FOR YEAR END PRODUCTIONS - BROOKLYN UPPER PRIMARY

We have some very talented actors in our Upper Primary group - they attend weekly Drama lessons at the Greek Church in Brooklyn every Tuesday afternoon from 4pm - 5pm.

They are busy rehearsing for their wonderful pirate play called 'The Bold Buccaneers'. They play the role of terrifying pirates who come across two very scared sailors - what might happen to them? Will they be made to walk the plank or does the Pirate Captain have other plans for them?

Rehearsals for The Snake Charmer

Our Upper Primary class in Faerie Glen is busy rehearsing for their Year End Production. Their play is called The Snake Charmer. Yasmin, the beautiful princess is finding it hard to find a suitable husband!

FAERIE GLEN LOWER PRIMARY

The students at our Faerie Glen studio, which takes place on Monday afternoons at the NG Church on Glenwood Road, have just started rehearsing for their end of year production! Many of them have joined our Casting Agency - Aardvark Casting!