Bringing the Bible to life!

by A. King,
Head of R.E. 

During the Year 8 unit about The Bible, students are taught about 3 of Jesus’ parables. Without losing the meaning behind one of the stories students are tasked to create a modern version of it. They work in teams of 3 to discuss how they would get the meaning across in a modern twist of the story, create a script and then act it out on centre stage (of the classroom of course).

But why? The magic behind story writing and acting out: retelling stories allows students to find deeper meaning in the story, they become part of the stories, interacting with materials, and this engagement creates a deeper, more personal understanding of the story.

Acting out a story will help the students remember events because physically acting out a written text - with gestures and emotions of a soliloquy by an actor - in an effective way to commit that story to memory.

For students, the physical movement can provide a crucial bridge between real-life people, things and actions, and the printed words meant to represent them.