| Puppetry
Arts - Education -
Workshops and Talks
for Schools and Events We work with Schools, Carers and Teachers to develop Workshops that suit them. Fit with individual, one off and whole School Topics. Recent examples include. Tell Me a Dragon, Barnabus Project and Mini Beasts.
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 Previously
available Puppet Making Workshops include
Ocean Life and other Art and Craft Workshops
which have pages created for them with some
useful info and resources.  Ocean Life Doghorse Coat RSM Sheringham Puppets4Learning |
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 QuotesMyleene Klass worked with Marcus as a Guest on Series II of Citv's Bookaboo "I have never actually seen how puppetry is carried out for 'on screen', its unreal. The puppeteer literally has to be a contortionist, a mind reader and have a good sense of timing (lying on the floor looking at a screen/monitor whilst reading scripts, improvising and coordinating himself and the puppet is no mean feat.) Really enjoyed it." Thank you Myleene Klass Testimonials 2021 King Edward Primary Mansfield Thank you so much for everything - this week has been brilliant. I've had so many comments from teachers saying how much the children have enjoyed it. It was a fab way to kick off the new year and we really appreciate all of your hard work to put it together. 2020 The Children were engrossed. Pitched well and the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Great resources and materials. You've inspired the whole year and taught us so much. Thank you! Year 6 Teachers. 2021/2019 St. Mary's C Of E (VA) Primary School Kettering. Our Children have never been so inspired or engaged by a workshop! Thanks Marcus for an incredible experience! The puppets made were awesome and the skills and facts they learned - amazing! Thanks Again! Steven Middleton. (Year 1 teacher). 2019 Upton House School, Windsor. Thank you for inspiring all the Children. They have loved it, so lucky to have worked with you, Kate Newcombe, Deputy Head. Thank you for an amazing and extraordinary few days. So much expertise, so much happy learning and so much fun! You have been wonderful with our children. Thank you. Honey Dearsley, Head of Art. 2018 HMP Springhill Comments from the men about the project: Courtesy of Kestrel Theatre Having the puppet there put me at my ease, it bought comedy to the whole thing, and made it all feel very normal. I loved the way the puppet cuddled up to us all, it showed that we can all do with a cuddle. Stephen You did a great job putting us at ease and getting the best out of us all. Marcus was brilliant, and his knowledge and enthusiasm for the puppet world I found inspirational. Thank you for helping me give this fantastic gift to my 3 little monkeys at home. Martin I thought working with puppets would be easy, you’d just stick your hand up them and away you’d go. But it was a lot more challenging than I thought. Faz Haydn Primary School Nottingham. Long term collaborator, Teacher Mary Chambers of Haydn Primary writes. We (governors and staff) are committed to developing a learning environment where everyone can create, experiment, invent, perform, think, explore and investigate for themselves. We work hard to ensure children receive their entitlement to a range of high quality experiences in all arts subjects. We believe a rich, diverse and creative curriculum can help raise attainment and accelerate learning by boosting a child’s confidence and self-esteem. Our mission statement says that success is celebrated when children are encouraged to explore opportunities creatively. Staff actively seek to work with professional artists and arts organisations through visits, workshops and performances in school. Working with professionals eg visual artists, film makers, actors, musicians and dancers, has further convinced us that there is no better way for the children and staff to achieve real learning experiences than alongside enthusiastic experts. Specialists inspire and motivate both the children and adults to learn and celebrate newly learnt skills and discover talents; we embrace both the process and the outcome. The arts therefore permeate everything we do; the use of visual literacy and digital media has further developed our provision. The school has established really positive links with artists and organisations including Puppet Maker, Puppeteer and film maker, Marcus Clarke.  Galley Hill PrimaryMarcus Clarke, from Hands Up Puppets, spent two weeks at our school working with every single child from Nursery to Year 6. He carried out Puppet Making and Puppeteering Workshops with each of our classes. The children (and staff!) loved hearing about Marcus' career including working with Jim Henson, made the most extraordinary sock puppets and improved their Speaking and Listening through working collaboratively to create films using the puppets they had created. The children were motivated and excited to use the cameras that Marcus had set up around the room and enjoyed seeing themselves on the attached monitors that certainly helped them to evaluate and improve their performance. The resources that Marcus provided for the children to assemble their puppets from ensured that each puppet was imaginative, unique and completed to a high quality. The excitement of the puppet workshops created a real buzz throughout the entire school community and everybody was talking about what a fantastic experience it was for the children. Thank you Marcus! EMILY BIRCH, Galley Hill Primary and Nursery, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Bishopshalt School Marcus, Thank you for your support. Your workshop proved to be a great success, students and teachers really enjoyed the simple but effective puppet making. Thank you for constructing a session to fit in with our timetable, it was perfect for what we wanted, thank you. CLARE HARVELL, Bishopshalt School Royal Lane, Uxbridge St Christopher CE Primary School, Oxford. Cameras, screens, puppets, sixty very excited six year olds; a recipe for disaster you might think but what an amazing day. It is rare that someone can talk to the children for 45 minutes without them becoming restless; they were riveted! It was lovely to see all the different types of puppet and watch them being controlled by an experienced puppeteer. I loved the way that whenever Marcus was talking, so was his hand! Learning how to manipulate the puppets was really interesting and many of the children were fascinated by how the various puppets worked. The groups really enjoyed the opportunity to rehearse their ideas and see themselves on screen. Some of them just wanted to spend the whole day in front of the camera! Thank you so much for a marvellous experience and I hope we can repeat it next year. Mrs F Clayton Bablake School, Coventry 'We were really impressed by the workshops that Marcus delivered at our school. Marcus is full of enthusiasm for his craft and was able to inspire the children to produce some amazing sock puppets. As well as the making activity, the children were also treated to some tricks of the trade and as a result, were able to make their puppets come to life. A truly memorable day!' 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