Digital classes, workshops and more w/c 6 Jul
We have another fun-filled programme of digital activities this week, as well as the launch of an exciting new project Unlocked and Unbolted, which asks young people aged 14 - 21 to share their experiences from the past few months. Read below to find out more!
Workshops w/c 6 Jul
Monday 6 July
We'll be sharing our Learning and Creative Challenges. This week in the Learning Challenge we will be thinking about folk tales whilst in the Creative Challenge we will be asking you to design an album cover inspired by a song that has summed up your lockdown experience.
Tuesday 7 July
Rhyme and Shine - interactive session via Zoom at 10.15am
Rhyme and Shine is a popular singing session that typically takes place in our Learning Centre for parents/carers and babies aged 2 and under. Becci will be streaming a session which you can enjoy in the comfort of your home, via the online app Zoom. Places need to be booked in advance by 12pm the day before the session date.
Wednesday 8 July
Singing for Wellbeing Online - interactive session via Zoom at 2pm
Join Becci for 30 minutes of Singing for Wellbeing every Wednesday, with the chance to have fun singing along to classic songs from a range of genres. Places need to be booked in advance by midnight the day before the session date.
Infant Youth Theatre - interactive session via Zoom at 4pm
Live online session to continue support for participants of Corn Exchange Youth Theatre.
Armchair Reviewers Club - Response to last week's screening
For last week's session of the Armchair Reviewers Club, we sat down to watch Synergy Theatre's Girls Like That, an urgent and explosive play about gender equality and the pressures on today’s digital generation. The play won Best Play for Young Audiences at the Writers Guild Award 2015. Here we share the round up of your thoughts.
Thursday 9 July
Junior Youth Theatre (School years 3 - 6) - interactive session via Zoom at 10.30am
Live online session to continue support for participants of Corn Exchange Youth Theatre.
Intermediate Youth Theatre - interactive session via Zoom at 2pm
Live online session to continue support for participants of Corn Exchange Youth Theatre.
Unlocked and Unbolted - Respond - interactive session via Zoom at 4pm (for ages 14 - 17) and 6pm (for ages 18 - 21)
Unlocked and Unbolted is an exciting new online project which asks young people aged 14 - 21 to share their voices, experiences and thoughts from the past few months. Led by director Bryn Holding, these conversations will become the inspiration for a new piece of theatre which will form a socially distanced live performance presented by a group of young people later this year.
In the first of our informal group Zoom discussions, we’ll talk about your responses to Covid 19, lockdown and the impact it has had on your own lives and hopes for the future.
Armchair Reviewers Club - Watch the Play
Join us as we watch another theatre performance in the comfort of our homes. For this week's Armchair Reviewers Club, we will be watching The Old Vic's Mood Music. This timely play about power, passion and the price of creativity is written by Joe Penhall (Sunny Afternoon, Blue/Orange) and directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Enduring Love). The performance will be available on The Old Vic's YouTube here from 7pm on Wednesday 8 July. We'd love you to submit your thoughts, either on social media or by emailing getinvolved@cornexchangenew.co.uk by Monday 13 July and we'll deliver the verdict on Wednesday 15 July.
Friday 10 July
Rhyme and Shine - interactive session via Zoom at 9.45am
Rhyme and Shine is a popular singing session that typically takes place in our Learning Centre for parents/carers and babies aged 2 and under. Becci will be streaming a session which you can enjoy in the comfort of your home, via the online app Zoom. Places need to be booked in advance by 12pm the day before the session date.
Junior Youth Theatre (School years 7 - 9) - interactive session via Zoom at 10.30am
Live online session to continue support for participants of Corn Exchange Youth Theatre.
Alphabetland - pre-recorded video accessible from website homepage
Our Early Years and Education Officer will be recording 10 minutes of songs, rhymes and games, which will be uploaded onto our website for you to share with your under-5s.
Know someone who doesn’t have access to the internet? Let us know and we will call them or post them with some activities to enjoy. Email getinvolved@cornexchangenew.co.uk
Or, why not tell us what you'd like to see next!
