Out of the Box
Creative Teaching for Active Learning
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may not remember, involve me and I learn.”
(Benjamin Franklin)
Out of the Box helps students to access literacy using the creative arts. Through drama, music and art we teach learners to understand text from plot and themes to characters and language.
Games and exercise, role play and storytelling allow the student to immerse themselves in the story and act out the plot and understand the characters.
Group and Individual Tuition
Dyslexia, Speech, Drama and Public Speaking
Small group tuition for SpLD, speech ,drama and
Shakespeare. LAMDA graded group and
individual examinations.
Active Art
Art is used as a multisensory expression of mood and scene. Using different media and textiles we create the meaning and mood of the pieces
Paint, draw, make and model
Using art we can create mood and meaning with colour texture and shape to enhance understanding of the piece.
Study Workshops
Using drama techniques such as ‘Whoosh’ and role play to act out the plot and understand character. Active storytelling with cause and effect. Freeze frame and thought moments to articulate the action .
School Performance Workshops with Embedded Mini Performance
A study workshop on the chosen literature followed by
a performance. Morning, afternoon or whole day, to
act out the text using the
forum directing technique to
immerse and involve
everyone in the production.
Active Storytelling
An active storytelling for younger students aged 2 years up to 8 years
Using kinesthetic techniques and games.
Story web, action rhymes and songs bring the text to life.
Julie White
Juliehas been teaching for 20 years, gaining a B.Ed (Hons) degree from London University and an MA in Education from Bath University. She has taught children with varying backgrounds, abilities and needs obtaining a Diploma in SpLD in 1996. This led to her teaching children with specific learning difficulties, culminating in her becoming Assistant Head Teacher at one of Surrey’s leading specialist dyslexic schools. Julie has a dyslexic son of her own and is passionate about children being taught creatively and to their individual strengths. She is a strong believer that if the pupil is happy, the pupil will learn.
Kate Aiken
Kate has been teaching Drama and Musical Theatre for 15 years she is passionate about bringing literature alive through drama and multisensory techniques and is qualified to teach speech, drama and musical theatre through the LAMDA diploma in Speech and Drama Education (LSDE). She is also a specialist dyslexia teacher qualifying with the OCR Diploma in SpLD. Kate is the Head of performing arts at one of Surrey's leading specialist schools and teaches speech and drama privately to all ages. She prepares learners for LAMDA and other examination board examinations and is excited to add the new LAMDA Shakespeare syllabus to her teaching. Both Kate and her children are dyslexic and have benefitted hugely from creative and bespoke teaching.
Charlotte Aiken
Charley graduated from University with a BA (Hons) Fine Art and has already been signed as an Artist with ARTIQ, many of her paintings are now rented out to corporate firms and she has been commissioned on many occasions to create bespoke pieces. She also works as a teaching Assistant at a leading, specialist dyslexic school where she has used her creative skills to bring lessons alive with Art and painting.
