EYFS drama workshops for Nursery and Reception
Our Early Years workshops are built around the things young children already love doing: action songs and rhymes, copying games, stories, role play and moving around. We take the theme you are working on, whether that is space, the seasons, heroes or healthy living, and turn it into an active session that builds confidence, speaking and listening and positive play with others.
Drama sits naturally alongside the way children learn in the Early Years. It helps them to express themselves, take turns, listen to each other and become more aware of themselves as part of a group, all of which supports their learning as they move up through school.
EYFS workshop themes
These are our most popular themes. Click a theme to see what the session involves. We can often design a workshop around a different topic, so please ask if yours is not listed.
Children bring classic stories to life in these interactive sessions which use role play, story-telling, songs and games.
Story options are below:
- Goldilocks and The Three Bears
- Chicken Licken
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Jack and The Beanstalk
- The Three Little Pigs
- The Enormous Turnip
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Gingerbread Man
- Rapunzel
- The Princess and The Pea
- Hansel and Gretel
- The Musicians of Bremen
- The Monkey and The Tap
Bringing the party to your classroom. Children look at different celebrations before focusing on dancing, singing and games at The Carnival!
Roll up………. Roll Up! Reflect’s Circus has come to town and is looking for some new acts. Children get to experiment in our 5 special Circus Zones before staging their own spectacular show!
In this session children get to discover just how special and individual they are and learn some new facts about their friends too!
Welcome to the Imagination Station where children are invited to embark on a wonderful journey. Travelling by different modes of transport we visit a variety of holiday destinations before packing our bags and bringing some lovely memories home with us!
What makes a real hero? Children look at fun comic book characters, stories and sounds before finding the hero within themselves!
Nigel has lost all of the numbers on his clock again! Join Counting Cathy and face her maths challenges to win them back one at a time. If the children are successful then everyone is invited to our Numeracy Ball, but how good is your counting?
Any season can be an option in this workshop, although winter is our most popular. With soundscapes, movement games, animal links and songs, we may even make you feel so cold that it snows inside!
1: Punctuation Panda to the Rescue!
Help the Punctuation Panda solve Mr Motormouth’s problem. Together, the Punctuation Panda and children teach Mr Motormouth how to write a good story. A physical, high energy session focusing on basic punctuation marks and their function.
2: Bear’s Magic Pencil
A story-based session for Nursery and EYFS groups to encourage mark making. Meet Bear. Bear has a magic pencil, whatever he draws comes to life. However, Bear has a problem; he is not very good at drawing or writing. Luckily Bear has an Artist friend and, along with the help of the children taking part, Bear learns how much fun it can be to draw and write and together they learn how to bring stories to life!
Join Captain Carrot and Captain Fitness as they explore what it means to be healthy. Children take part in Healthy Eating Challenges, learning the difference between ‘anytime’ and ‘sometime’ foods, balancing the plate and discovering different food types. In this high energy workshop, children also explore different ways to exercise, the effects it has on our heart and mood and take part in a ‘Fitness Frenzy Obstacle Course’.
Blast off into Outer Space with Robin the Robot and Annie the Astronaut! An out of this world workshop in which students take part in Astronaut Training, learn about the planets of our Solar System, hunt for moon rocks and go on an imaginary space journey. After all that space travel students come back down to earth and enjoy some ‘outer space’ dancing games to celebrate their return!
What happens in an EYFS workshop
Each workshop is planned around the theme you choose and usually lasts between 60 and 90 minutes, and we can adapt the length to suit your children. Most sessions follow this pattern:
- a short introduction to the theme and to the practitioner
- a physical and vocal warm-up to help the group settle and focus
- an interactive journey linked to the topic, for example a trip under the sea to meet the creatures who live there
- a recap at the end to consolidate what the children have learned
Our practitioners encourage everyone to join in while keeping the session calm and well ordered, so it works just as well for quieter children as for the confident ones.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our workshops typically run for approximately 60- 90 minutes but this can be adapted to suit specific needs
Yes. You can book a single workshop, or we can run the same workshop for several classes on the same day.
Our costs vary depending on the length of workshop and number of children taking part. Enquire now for a quotation.
Our EYFS workshops can cater for up to 60 children (when there is more than one class per year group), however we do recommend that smaller groups of 30 children are more ideal. We are flexible and able to cater for your needs.
Although we don’t use full costumes in our EYFS Workshops we do use basic items such as hats/ masks and scarves to give an idea of character as well as props in order to encourage and stimulate children’s imaginations and to help bring our workshops to life.
As our workshops with EYFS encourage physical movement, we ideally prefer to work in a hall or studio. However, we are able to run sessions within the classroom as long as there is enough space and clear of any hazards.
Our availability varies, we have a team of workshop leaders who can cover the London area. Generally with a few weeks’ notice, we are able to accommodate your preferred dates, however this depends on availability.
What teachers say
Planning for older children too? See our KS1 workshops for Years 1 and 2, or browse all of our curriculum workshops. You can find out more about our team on the About page.
Book an EYFS workshop
Tell us your theme, the age of the children and your preferred dates and we will come back to you with availability.
Every member of our team is DBS checked, Kirsty Dickson is our designated safeguarding lead and we are fully insured.