b'A message from SHAKESPEARE BIRTHPLACE TRUSTIt was a pleasure for the ShakespeareAs well as visiting the school for workshopsmore for dramatic effect than historical Birthplace Trust to be able to contributefor each year group, and bringing theaccuracy. It was great that many of the to the schools Shakespeare season in asixth form students to Stratford for astudents had the chance to talk to Ken range of ways. Learning at SBT aims tostudy day, we were delighted to be ableabout his success, and about how a love find ways of making Shakespeare study asto offer a couple of extras to supportof Shakespeare was the starting point for interactive and colourful as possible, notthe Shakespeare Season. Years 7 andan award-winning career across Broadway, dumbing anything down but celebrating8 came to Stratford for a day each ofthe West End and beyond. the language and historical context in allworkshops with playwright Ken Ludwig, its complexity. This approach seemed towhose book How to Teach Your ChildrenIn addition we were pleased to be able connect with the students, who impressedShakespeare is relaunched by Penguinto offer families from the wider school and entertained us with a range ofthis year, and arms and armour expertcommunity 1 tickets to Shakespeares questions, from the finer points of SalicAshley Polasek. Students were given theBirthplace during half-term. Take-up of law in Henry V, to the inevitable How oldchance to handle and try out a range ofthese was really good and we hope it are you? contemporary weaponry as mentioned inhelped spread the impact of the SeasonShakespeare; and we learnt together howlikewise, the effigy of William at the foot of some of the references in the plays werethe stairs37'