SUMMER SCHOOL 2014

We invite your children to the Helen O’Grady Summer School 2014. In the summer school, besides our own drama classes, we will also have music and mime lessons with teachers qualified in their area. There will be an end of term show for families and friends on the last day of the term.

Helen O'Grady Drama Akademisi, yaratıcı ve üretken İngilizce Yaz Okulu programıyla çocukları bekliyor. Çocukların sanatla iç içe 2 hafta geçirecekleri bu yaz okulunda, İngilizce drama derslerine müzik, pantomim ve sanat/elişi dersleri eşlik ediyor. Tüm derslerin İngilizce olarak gerçekleştirildiği Helen O’Grady Yaz Okulunun drama derslerinde, çocuklar, okulun son gününde sergilenecek oyun üzerinde çalışırken, pantomim derslerinde pantomimin temel tekniklerini öğrenecek, edindikleri bu becerileri dönem sonu gösterisinde kullanacaklar. Müzik derslerinde bedenlerini, seslerini ve basit müzik aletlerini kullanarak kendi müziklerini yaratacak, dönem sonu gösterisinde sergileyecekleri şarkılar üzerinde çalışacaklar. Sanat ve elişi derslerinde ise dönem sonu gösterisinde kullanacakları, kostüm, aksesuar ve dekorları yaratacaklar.

                                                                                           
Çocuklar bu yaz okulunda birlikte yaratma ve üretmenin, bir amaç için topluca çalışmanın, yaptıkları işin her ayrıntısı üzerinde dikkatle ve özenle uğraşmanın ve sonunda bütün bu çalışmalarının meyvesini almanın keyfine varacak ve bu sayede kendine güven, kendine saygı, etkili iletişim, ekip çalışması gibi çok önemli yaşam becerileri kazanacaklar.

One term consists of two weeks (5 days/week, 10 days in total and 4 hours/day, 40 hours in total). Refreshments will be served during the breaks. Classes will start at 10 am and end at 2pm. All classes are taught in English, with Turkish used when necessary.

Yaz okulumuz 2 dönemden oluşuyor ve bir dönem iki hafta sürüyor. (Haftada 5 gün, toplam 10 gün, günde 4 saat, toplam 40 saat). Ders aralarında atıştırmalık yiyecekler sunulacak. Dersler 10:00-14:00 arasında İngilizce olarak yapılacak. Gerekli durumlarda Türkçe kullanılacak.

Term dates:    Term 1     14th of July – 25th of July   /  1. dönem       14 Temmuz - 25 Temmuz

                       Term 2     25th of August – 4th of September  /  2. dönem  25 Ağustos - 4 Eylül

Ages: 6-12   /  Yaş: 6-12

Fee: 600 TL (VAT included) for 1 term    /  Ücret: Dönemlik 600 TL (KDV dahil)

Studio: Etiler Dans Akademik Bale Stüdyosu

               Tepecik Yolu, Cevher Sokak, No:6 / Etiler

Please state your interest in one or both of the terms, with your telephone number and the name and age of your children by  23rd of JUNE.   (0212 332 10 02, info@helenogradyistanbul.com)

Lütfen katılmak istediğiniz dönemi, telefon numaranız, çocuğunuzun ismi ve yaşı ile birlikte 23 HAZİRAN tarihine kadar bize bildirin. (0212 332 10 02, info@helenogradyistanbul.com)

More pictures from last weekends "Bedtime Bedlam." It was great fun! Will you come join us next time?

These kids are hilarious! I wonder if any of them got their start at Helen O'Grady?

Sarah Punkoney explains the kinds of benefits dramatic play can bring to your kids. She lays out four main areas:

There are four primary areas under which children learn and develop through pretend play.  They include:

• Intellectual – increase in skills such as problem solving, negotiating, creativity, organizing and planning, retelling familiar stories, application of newly gained knowledge, and mathematics
• Physical – increase in skills such as gross and fin motor development, fitness, strength, and coordination
• Social – development of skills such as sharing, taking turns, cooperation, negotiation, impulse control, delay gratification, and deal with disappointment
• Emotional – increase in self esteem, pride and accomplishment, feeling of safety and protection, development of sense of self and individuality, and feelings or purpose

Read the whole thing!

A quick chat with Frances Cahill from the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy Sunshine Coast. What can Helen O'Grady do for you and your child? What is it all about?

Let's all take a moment to remember Shirley Temple Black, probably the most legendary child performer of all time!

We had a ton of first on the first class of the term!

Don't miss out on the fun next week!

Happy Valentine's Day from Helen O'Grady Istanbul!

We have a new teacher joining the Helen O'Grady Istanbul team. Curtis Erhart has been doing theater for twenty years in his native United States and here in Istanbul. He directed various musical for the Speech Bubbles community theater, including West Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, and Wicked. He can also be seen performing his two-man improv show at various places in the city. He has directed both children and adults, and is really looking forward to working with our kids! Let's welcome him, shall we?

As get ready for the new term to begin, we want to make sure everyone is aware of what kinds of classes we offer. Here are some of the elements that make up a Helen O'Grady class:

Introductory Warm-Up Activities
We warm up the children and get them ready to release their creativity with fun, active warm-up exercises.

Speech Exercises
Proper speaking is an important part of the Helen O'Grady program. These exercises will help the children with their diction, and allow them to communicate their ideas with greater confidence.

Mime to Music
These exercises are designed to teach the children different movements as well as different ways of thinking about movement.

Creative Improvised Drama
Using what we've learned in the previous sections, in every class we create a improvised drama based on a pre-conceived structure designed to get the kids thinking and acting creatively.

Snippets (Partner Work)
These are fun games and activities we use to get the kids working and having fun with each other.

We are so proud of our students. It's so exciting to see how much they hve all improved in just one term. We also received very encouraging feedback from some of our students' English teachers at their schools. It's so motivating for us to see the results of our hard work in such a short period. We are ready and full of energy for the second term. We will keep working hard and having fun!

HELEN O’GRADY DRAMA ACADEMY NOW IN ISTANBUL!

The world’s largest Drama Academy, which already exists in 30 countries, has opened it’s first İstanbul branch this September and is now accepting enrollments for the second term.

The aim of the Academy is to help young people develop:

·         Enthusiasm

·         Confidence

·         Self Esteem

·         Conversational ability

·         Social Skills

These aims are achieved through a highly developed and unique drama program.

Each lesson is carefully planned and every class is different with the curriculum constantly updated by our specialist educational unit in the United Kingdom.  Primary curriculum includes introductory activities, speech, verbal dynamics, creative movement, mimes to music, language development, structured improvisation, dialogue development, snippets, scene starters, mini-scripts, parent day presentations and end of year productions. Above all, the lessons are great fun!

The Helen O'Grady Drama Academy originated in Australia many years ago and this drama system for children became the basis for further expansion. Since 1979, the remainder of Australia and New Zealand have been introduced to the Helen O'Grady Academies as well as Africa, China, Japan, USA, South Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Gulf States, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Zambia, Malaysia, Singapore and Canada.

There are over 50,000 students attending Helen O'Grady Drama classes each week, throughout thirty countries.

Children who wish to enrol with the Academy may come along for a FREE TRIAL LESSON. The new term commences on the 15th of February.

Dates and Studios:

Tarabya İstek Kemal Atatürk Kampüsü Sports Hall, Saturdays at 13:15-14.15 

Etiler Dans Akademik Ballet Studio, Saturdays at 16:00-17.00 

Etiler Dans Akademik Ballet Studio, Saturdays at 17:00-18.00 

Ages: 5-13

For more information: (0212) 332 10 02 

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