‘Thank you. You make Shakespeare real to students.’
Angela Jones, Teacher, Perth Modern School WA
Shakespeare was never meant to be read. At Bell Shakespeare we believe that his plays should be experienced as live performance and taught as great works that stand the test of time. We encourage new interpretations. We look for contemporary parallels to his 400-year old stories. We continue to develop exciting new ways of teaching Shakespeare in the classroom. In our twentieth year, Bell Shakespeare is proud to continue to inspire students and teachers across Australia with Shakespeare, from King Island to Port Hedland.
WORDS AT PLAY
A MESSAGE FROM JOHN BELL
William Shakespeare reaches to us across the ages as one of the greatest creative geniuses of all time. He had an extraordinary imagination, creative gift and vision. Through his stories, young people can explore the world they live in, see life through other people’s eyes and ponder timeless moral questions and dilemmas.
Shakespeare reaches across time, culture and language. But while his plays speak to audiences of all ages and cultural backgrounds, they can be baffling on the page, even for experienced actors. It’s by performing them, speaking them aloud to each other, interacting and feeling their emotional drive, that their meaning and resonance are revealed.
Our Actors At Work programmes, stage productions and interactive Student and Teacher Masterclasses for 2010 are all designed to bring Shakespeare alive in the move from page to stage. As always, we’re hard at work to make learning with Bell Shakespeare as rich and rewarding for you as it is for us – especially now as we celebrate our 20th year bringing live Shakespeare to all Australians.
John Bell AO
Artistic Director
Have your say in the National Curriculum!
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) will release draft senior secondary years’ Australian Curriculum content in English, mathematics, science and history for national consultation from 14 May 2010 until 30 July 2010.
The draft curriculum content will be available through ACARA’s consultation website – www.australiancurriculum.edu.au – for everyone to read, review, download, or print. ACARA encourages the involvement of all educators and the wider community during the consultation process to provide feedback on what senior secondary students should learn in English, mathematics, science and history.
ACARA is committed to listening to you and carefully considering your feedback in developing the Australian Curriculum – please take the opportunity to review the draft curriculum and provide feedback on Australia’s first national curriculum.
If you have registered your details to provide feedback on the draft K-10 Australian Curriculum they can be used to view and comment on the draft senior secondary years’ curriculum.
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