Staff Profile:Ms Cathy Wardale

Name:

Ms Cathy Wardale

Job Title:

Tutor TAEDS 0.5/BA Ed/Primary Drama PGCE (sessional)

Responsibilities:

Main responsibilities at the Institute of Education:

• Admissions TAEDS
• working party on new course development TAEDS
• dissertation marking TAEDS
• ATP Yr 4 Drama marking BAEd

Teaching

• PGCE & BAEd - Primary Drama

TAEDS:

• Year 1 Intro to Drama in Education
• Year 2 Drama & Theatre in Education
• Year 3 Theatre in Education.

These all involve supervision of student practical Drama workshops in primary and secondary schools:

• Heritage of Theatre - Year 1
• Deaf Studies - Year 2

Areas of Interest:

Expertise and research interest [able to supervise at PhD and Masters level]:

• Drama in Primary Education

Current and recent Research Students:

• Laura Glenister, BAEd Year 4 ATP 
• Rosanna McHugh, BAEd Year 4 ATP
• Charlie Hewett BAEd Year 4 ATP
• Kat Green, TAEDS Year 3
• Harriet Irwin, TAEDS Year 3

Current and recent Research Projects:

• Projected book: Starting points for Primary Drama, including stories, paintings, History topics, PSHE, Geography etc

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

Wardale, C. Raising a storm: a case study on The Tempest from drama workshops to Year 6 production. Journal for Drama in Education, February 2012, NATD, UK

Enterprise activity; external roles and consultancy:

• Freelance Drama practitioner since 1991, currently including:
• Primary Drama teacher at South Lake School .2 (Gold Artsmark award) since 2003
• Spotlight on Diversity: diversity & anti-discrimination training in the workplace using drama techniques www.spotlightondiversity.com
• Coombes School Drama days & Shakespeare for Year 6 workshops
• Recently including:
• Drama Consultancy & training (Creative Partnerships, DfES Consultative Seminar; Whitley Excellence Cluster Arts Weeks; Woodley Cluster; Four S Associates; Hands On)
• Webplay Drama & IT project
• Evaluation for Arts Council England: Red Earth theatre company
• Community Arts Drama workshops
• Numerous Primary Drama INSETs & workshops for children

Recent professional achievements

Plays directed recently at primary school for Year 6:

• The Tempest
• Romeo & Juliet
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Macbeth

Year 5:

• Smugglers' Stories
• The Field of the Cloth of Gold
• Aesop's Fables
• Tudor Explorers
• PSDN Conference performance & facilitation for Spotlight on Diversity
• Attained BSL 101,102,103, 201 - I have just taken 202 & am working towards 203.