Secondary Study Days Key Stage 3 - 5

Day long workshops designed to offer a deeper exploration of a play for Key Stage 3 and above

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Booking information

Ideal for: Key Stage 3-5

Date: Available Monday - Friday during Warwickshire term time

Time: 10.30am – 3.30pm or 1 – 6pm

Venue: Clore Learning Centre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Cost: UK State Schools £400*, UK Independent Schools £700*, International School/ UK and International Universities £850*

**Please note that we have 3 regular workshop spaces, which accommodate up to 33, 22 and 13 students respectively. The cost listed is for a single workshop in a single room. Bookings are subject to availability. Please see our FAQs page for more detail.

Please speak to our Box Office team for room availability to find the best fit to your needs.

To book email learning.boxoffice@rsc.org.uk or call the Learning Hotline on 01789 331259 (midday-6pm, Monday – Friday, excluding Bank Holidays)

Large bookings: For groups wishing to bring more than 68 students across a single timeslot, please contact learning@rsc.org.uk directly for enquiries.

WHAT HAPPENS IN A SECONDARY STUDY DAY?

An in-depth opportunity to explore Shakespeare’s work in detail – ideal for a class preparing for exams or young performers rehearsing upcoming school production. Study Days can be tailored to a play or plays of your choice, and students will engage both practically and academically with the chosen text(s).

Key Stage 3
Exploring the play as an RSC acting company. Following an introduction to your chosen play the day will combine text-based analysis and practical ensemble work to gain a more in-depth understanding of the play(s) you are studying.

We can support your students to:
- Develop communication skills
- Form and express their own opinions
- Recognise and using formal, structural techniques in drama/poetry
- Analyse intentions and themes in detail
- Approach plays as performance scripts
Key Stage 4
The day will start with an introduction to your chosen play(s) followed by sessions exploring specific sections related to the GCSE curriculum practically and analytically.

We can support your students to:
- Analyse test to an advances standard: considering theme, form, structure, character, and language
- Form opinions on and interpret Shakespeare’s work
- Understand historical context
- Study character in depth, by looking at how RSC actors work in a professional rehearsal room
Key Stage 5
Students will look at deeper textual analysis and how meaning is made in performance. They will gain an in-depth knowledge of form, and consider the relationship between text and the context in which Shakespeare was writing. We can tailor the session to specific requirements of the A-Level curriculum.

We can support your students to:
- Engage with challenging subject matter in Shakespeare’s texts
- Debate and evidence their views
- Explore key moments in the play, and how they are informed by choices of structure, language, and form
- Where appropriate, draw comparisons with other relevant texts from Shakespeare and the wider curriculum
- Practice advanced rehearsal room approaches, based on how professional RSC actors prepare for playing characters and rehearsing scenes

A typical Study Day timetable is given below.

10.30am – 3.30pm Sessions

10.30am – 10.45am, Warm-up

10.45am – 11.45am, Session 1: Introduction to the play

11.45am – 12noon, Comfort break

12noon – 1pm, Session 2: Scene Study

1pm – 2pm, Lunch

2pm – 3.30pm, Session 3: Key speeches/ character study

1pm - 6pm Sessions

1pm – 1.15pm, Warm-up

1.15pm – 2.15pm, Session 1: Introduction to the play

2.15pm – 2.30pm, Comfort break

2.30pm – 3.30pm, Session 2: Scene Study

3.30pm – 4.30pm, Break

4.30pm – 6pm, Session 3: Key speeches/ character study

Risk Assessments
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Safeguarding
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The work of the RSC Creative, Learning and Engagement department is generously supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Clore Duffield Foundation, Foyle Foundation, GRoW @ Annenberg, The Polonsky Foundation, The Thompson Family Charitable Trust, Halabi Thomaz Foundation, Stratford Town Trust, John S Cohen Foundation, HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust, Noël Coward Foundation, Teale Charitable Trust, The Grimmitt Trust, Sir James Knott Trust, The Oakley Charitable Trust and Misses Barrie Charitable Trust

Booking information

WHAT HAPPENS IN A SECONDARY STUDY DAY?

Key Stage 3

Key Stage 4

Key Stage 5

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