It seems that the government are
intent on trying to axe arts such as drama, music and dance from
the schools curriculum. Last year they commissioned a report called
All Our Futures to establish how much the arts are necessary for
self-development in education. The Ken Robinson report then detailed
over 60 reasons as to why drama was a vital part of education. In
response to this on the government's education website, all of these
recommendations were ignored.
To show how drama can hugely benefit young people New Strides have
for the last year been working with a group of 15-19 year olds who
have been through the care system. We have worked with them in a
series of workshops and this will result in their own devised production
and also involvement in the filming of it. We are confident that
this will show that drama is an important tool for individuals and
ultimately, society.
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