"Loved you teaching us!"
Y5 Coddington Primary School
Y5 Coddington Primary School
Who is Gertie Whitfield?
- Over 30 years in the Drama classroom delivering Drama, English and PSHE
- Impact fellow for Sheffield Hallam University, writing and delivering resources
- Has written resources for Historic England
- 16 years as an Advisory Teacher or Consultant
- Gertie has been working part-time as a primary school drama teacher for over five years and continues in that role
- Most of 30 year career in Derbyshire
- Has delivered in Nursery, KS1, KS2 and KS3 classrooms
- Runs staff training
- 20 years as theatre reviewer for Theatreworld
- Has run various community arts projects including taking a huge musical to the Sheffield Crucible Main House and a show with a group of young people to Edinburgh Fringe
"It is a good way to learn History because you know a lot about Ancient Greece so you have taught us about it." Year 5 Charnock Hall Primary School
Gertie is someone who is constantly looking to find more creative and active ways to approach all sorts of issues. Using her skills as a drama teacher she has brought more interactive approaches to all sorts of areas of the curriculum
I first came across her over 20 years ago when as a young drama teacher she was trying to bring to life some history lessons in the schools she worked in. She was setting up a community drama project which brought unemployed people into school. The group performed a small part of a Brecht play about the Hitler Youth and the subjugation of the Jews for students as part of their history lessons. The students had the opportunity to get more of a feel for the issues and an understanding than could have been gained from just the course materials.
She came to work for me some years later and challenged us all to take a more creative approach to developing classroom materials for the teaching of PSHE. She passionately believes that children learnt better when they are engaged and participating in their learning rather than being passive receivers of information. Never content with ‘just a worksheet’ she encourages teachers and their students to be active in the learning process.
Marianne Rawson Derbyshire Children’s and Young People’s Health Promotion Programme Manager
Gertie is someone who is constantly looking to find more creative and active ways to approach all sorts of issues. Using her skills as a drama teacher she has brought more interactive approaches to all sorts of areas of the curriculum
I first came across her over 20 years ago when as a young drama teacher she was trying to bring to life some history lessons in the schools she worked in. She was setting up a community drama project which brought unemployed people into school. The group performed a small part of a Brecht play about the Hitler Youth and the subjugation of the Jews for students as part of their history lessons. The students had the opportunity to get more of a feel for the issues and an understanding than could have been gained from just the course materials.
She came to work for me some years later and challenged us all to take a more creative approach to developing classroom materials for the teaching of PSHE. She passionately believes that children learnt better when they are engaged and participating in their learning rather than being passive receivers of information. Never content with ‘just a worksheet’ she encourages teachers and their students to be active in the learning process.
Marianne Rawson Derbyshire Children’s and Young People’s Health Promotion Programme Manager
Arts Award
Gertie Whitfield can offer guidance around delivery and moderation of the Discover and Explore Award. These are the entry awards for the Arts Award for children and young people.
Follow these links for further information:
www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=2300 Discover Award
https://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=2301 Explore Award
Gertie Whitfield can offer guidance around delivery and moderation of the Discover and Explore Award. These are the entry awards for the Arts Award for children and young people.
Follow these links for further information:
www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=2300 Discover Award
https://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=2301 Explore Award
Contact WAT
whitworksait@gmail.com
07504713427
whitworksait@gmail.com
07504713427
Policies
WAT has policies in place to ensure work is safe, appropriate and of a high standard.
The following policies can be examined on request -
Safeguarding
Equal Opportunities
Disciplinary
Employment
Environmental
Risk Assessment
All those involved in the delivery of WAT projects have DBS.
WAT has policies in place to ensure work is safe, appropriate and of a high standard.
The following policies can be examined on request -
Safeguarding
Equal Opportunities
Disciplinary
Employment
Environmental
Risk Assessment
All those involved in the delivery of WAT projects have DBS.
Links to Other Sites
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/people-and-places/womens-history/
http://teachingwomenshistory.com/
http://www.quaker.org.uk/WWI
http://womenshistoryscotland.org/resources/resources-for-schools-2/
http://www.discoverbuxton.co.uk
http://www.derbypeopleshistory.co.uk
http://www.courageofconscience.wordpress.com
www.watheatre.co
www.alicewheeldon.org
www.historicengland.org.uk
https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/lgbtq-heritage-project/
https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/education/teaching-activities/teaching-lgbtq-at-ks3
https://www.sexeducationforum.org.uk/
https://www.pshe-association.org.uk/
https://www.artsaward.org.uk/site/?id=64
https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/humanities
