Faerie Glen Upper Primary students really went to town with their play called The Cleanest Town in Texas

Students aged 9-12 make up the Upper Primary at our Faerie Glen studio. Every student created their own interesting outfit and they thoroughly enjoyed learning how to speak with a Southern Drawl!

Students from Lindo Park Primary in Pretoria WOW audience with their dramatic performance!

Helen O' Grady Drama Academy has been running classes at Lindo Park Primary since 2010. Every year the students perform their plays at the school's Prize Giving. This year for the very first time the older students were invited to perform their dynamic physical theatre piece called Perspectives at the Centurion Theatre. They were excellent and the theatre experience was very special to them!

Grade 1's and 2's from Sagewood School were brilliant at our show on Sunday evening!

The Grade 1 and 2 Students from Sagewood School were we teach drama every Friday looked colourful on stage and their performance was fantastic! Well done to you all!

Beaulieu Grade 0 Drama Group

Our wonderful teacher Chene is doing a fantastic job with our Grade 0's! On tuesday they learnt all about music and they performed a play called The Water Fountain

DRAMA CLASSES IN ANNLIN FOR ALL AGES

Principal, Juliet Jordaan, loves to visit the students at our Annlin Studio. They are so enthusiastic and over the past year they have really developed their self confidence and oral communication skills!
This week they performed a Mime to Music called the Laundry Basket.

Mime to music teaches students how to communicate non verbally through their facial expressions and through the whole body.

Faerie Glen Lower Primary perfom their Mime to Music The Laundry Basket

Whoever thought that doing the laundry could be so much fun? ONLY AT HELEN O'GRADY DRAMA ACADEMY!!
Our studio in Faerie Glen for ages 5-8yrs takes place every Monday afternoon from 3.30 - 4.30pm. If you are interested in bringing your child along please contact Principal Juliet Jordaan on 0829091630 or email juliet@helenogrady.co.za for further information.

Having Fun at our Wierda Park Studio

 Our Wierda Park students always remember to bring props and dress up for their plays! They had so much fun Going on Holiday - using the props really made the play feel 'real' :-)

We had an unexpected guest at Drama today...luckily he was happy to just sit on the wall outside...

Come join our drama classes at our new studio in Midlands, near Midstream Estate

We run Drama classes in Midlands at the Kerk Sonder Mure on Wednesday afternoons. We have 2 separate age groups : 5-8yrs from 3-4pm and 9-16yrs from 4-5pm. This week our Lower Primary group were asked to bring props for our High Impact Activity, Family Holiday. They had so much fun learning to act with props!! After that they performed a prop snippet with a bucket...they may be young but wow they have incredible imaginations!

Helen O'Grady Drama Academy at Centurion Christian School

We are once again teaching Drama at the Centurion Christian School! The children are enthusiastic, bright and willing to learn! Our first lesson today was a great success and teacher Chene is looking forward to visiting the school every Tuesday afternoon!

Gauteng Principals and SA Franchisor

On Sunday the Gauteng principals once again joined forces to provide an excellent training day for their teachers. SA Franchisor, Vicky Stroud, travelled up from Port Elizabeth where she too has her own Academy. It was wonderful to have her with us and enlighten us on the new aspects of the curriculum which is constantly worked and revised to keep up with our ever changing society!

From Left: Kerry Holbrook (Principal JHB North West), Anita Hollis (Principal JHB North East), Tim Hulse (Principal JHB South), Juliet Jordaan (Princiapl Pretoria), Vicky Stroud (SA Franchisor and Principal Port Elizabeth)

SAGEWOOD SCHOOL STUDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR AFTER SCHOOL FRIDAY DRAMA CLASSES

 Grade 1 and 2 classes warming up their tongues before doing their speech exercises!

 Both the Lower and Upper Primary groups work on Mime and movement.

 Drama makes lasting friendships! Students from different grades work together and get to know one another outside of the classroom environment.

 Our boys in the class are super talented and they love using theit over active imaginations to come up with amazing snippets and small group improvs!

Even after a whole morning of Sports Day these multi taletnted students have more than enough energy for their hour drama class!

Our first Upper Primary Class at Irene Primary School on Thursday afternoons

The Students have so much fun and are encouraged to work with different people in the class to build friendships and good social skills!