The Utensils in Schools &

Out of School Settings:

"The Utensils" is designed primarily for infants, 5-8 year olds.

 Firstly it can be used as a Theatre in Education show to promote food awareness, safety and hygiene in a fun and informative way. In Design and Technology Key Stages 1 and 2 for England and Wales it specifically includes "Follow safe procedures for food safety and hygiene" and "Design and make assignments using a range of materials including food". The Utensils would be ideally suited to promoting these key stage points.

 Secondly "The Utensils" could be used as a template to create video drama. Keystage 1 in English encourages children to participate in a range of drama activities, where pupils should be taught to:

1. use language and actions to explore and convey situations, characters and emotions
2. create and sustain roles individually and when working with others
3. work "in role"
4. present drama and stories to others [for example, telling a story through tableaux or using a narrator]

The Utensils aims to fire Children's imaginaton in the world around them. Using The Utensils or other found objects from the world around them, would be a simple and ideal way of reaching these keystage 1 objectives. It is also part of the workshop that the children would be hands on in the production of the videos where ever possible.