Crew

Schools have closed, the year is done and summer is upon us along with swine flu! But we are still busy working here at CREW, we have a few weeks to go before we can sit on the beach and sip that champagne!

At the moment we are all working very hard on our NEW shows for September 2009. We are very excited about Tudors, a show for Year 3, led by the Eric the executioner. At the moment we are all helping Eric with all the work that needs to be done. We are sourcing props and costume and finalising the script.

Another show we are currently working on is a Black History game show, this workshop will cover black history in England and across the world. We will be ready to pilot the show in September and will definitely have it available for Black History Month in October. We are also expanding our show Express Yourself so that there will be versions for reception, Key Stages 1 and 2. We are also creating more with our popular puppet Cornelius Crew, Cornelius was piloted at West Acton Primary school and has proved to be really popular and a great workshop which provides a foundation in numeracy for reception and Year 1. Which is why Cornelius is now branching out into Literacy and he is going to the seaside too!

So it’s busy, busy in the office. Along with all the new shows and our wonderful puppet we are also working with MENCAP again, this year saw us working with their travel trainers and conexions. We created two shows for MENCAP and they have proved to be rewarding and an incredible learning curve. We are taking some more travel trainers through the CREW training programme.We are also gearing up to go back up to the Forest and are currently preparing training programmes and team building days for the Forest Holiday staff.

That all said there is a project we are currently working on that is incredibly exciting and extremly important. We at CREW have had many discussions and debates regarding the situation surrounding knife crime. We are all saddened and frustrated by the fact that violence and knives have entered schools and disrupting the youth in this country. So CREW have decided to try and help! We believe many carry knivs in this country for protection as they have never been taught how to protect themselves without a weapon! We have currently teamed up with a self defence expert and are working on a programme which will cover self-defence and confidence building, drama based workshops which will also provide a platform for these children to speak out!! WATCH THIS SPACE!