If you’re wondering how to create the perfect school assembly for Mother’s Day, we’ve got you covered with this ultimate guide, from making a statement with showstopping musical numbers to helping students celebrate all types of parents, guardians and caregivers this holiday.

If you’ve been searching for the perfect leavers' musical for your Year Six students, you may be interested in choosing one of our most popular musicals for schools. Tom Kirkham’s The Wizard of Oz is a brilliant musical adaptation of the famous novel itself by L Frank Baum. So, grab a pair of silver shoes and join us on the Yellow Brick Road as we discover what makes this show such a hit!

Conducting an assembly on kindness can go a long way in teaching children fantastic core values. Check out this blog to find some amazing ideas and tips for running an assembly to help students learn the value of kindness, as well as some fun musicals that can keep the learning going!

Our guide to running a friendship assembly for KS1 and KS2 students can teach children a valuable lesson or two, from how to be a fantastic friend to understanding the importance of empathy and kindness.

Discover 'Oliver with a Twist', Emily Martin and Matthew Crossey ‘s brand-new musical adaptation, going above and beyond to delight school audiences across the UK and beyond. What makes it so special? Hint: it’s definitely the twist in the tale!

Staging a nativity musical can be one of the most exciting times of the school year – but are you prepared to make a statement with some eye-catching ideas for nativity costumes?

With her new nativity musical, Follow The Star, now available, much-loved writer and composer Niki Davies provides some handy guidance on all things nativity. It all begins, as you would expect, with choosing an accessible nativity which the children themselves are going to enjoy performing.

Looking to create a memorable harvest assembly? Whether you're planning for KS1 or KS2, we've got plenty of fun and educational ideas to help you celebrate the season and make learning about harvest exciting and meaningful. Check out our tips and resources to get started!

As an event filled with happy memories, leavers assemblies help Year Six pupils end their primary school journey on a high before starting their next schooling adventure.

Now summer has officially ended (*cue the sad face*) we turn our attention to the most festive time of the year! And in amongst the busy shops, copious wrapping paper and catchy jingles played on repeat on the radio, teachers will be biting their nails in anticipation of the annual primary school nativity play. So, what exactly is a nativity play?

As nativity plays have been, and still are, so prevalent within schools in the UK, many will already have a grasp on the nativity story, or at least the main elements, such as the stories told in our KS1 nativity story plays. Nevertheless, if you’re not 100% confident with what the nativity story is or just need a quick refresher before December approaches, have a read of our quick guide.

From picking the most suitable school production to roping in as many members of the school community you can to help make it actually happen, this is your ultimate guide to putting on a school musical as seamlessly as possible. Get ready to raise the roof!

Who doesn’t love a fun-filled, heart-bursting, action-packed and, at times, wonderfully cheesy musical? From dancing in the aisles to singing along to catchy songs at the top of your voice, we defy anyone to sit through an entire musical straight laced and straight faced. It’s the ultimate pick-me-up – quite frankly, it should be renamed ‘Happy Hour’ - and even more so if it’s performed by happy, enthusiastic children excited to put on a show for their parents, grandparents and extended family. But how do you choose the best musical for your school? Check out our top ten Best And...

As the famous Andy Williams Christmas song goes, “it’s the most wonderful time of the year...” – go on, we dare you to name a person who doesn’t agree! But for teachers like you, the big festive cherry on top is knowing that you have produced a top-notch nativity for everyone to enjoy before the end of (a very long...) term. As Christmas edges closer, we know the pressure is on you to find the perfect nativity for your class or school. But never fear, The School Musicals Company is here! 

For many primary school children, Christmas is the most exciting and magical time of year. From counting down the days on their advent calendars, to praying every single night for the gift of a white Christmas (*crosses fingers for 2021*), it’s a time for joy and education in equal measure. So how do you get the right balance for your Christmas assembly? Read on and we’ll tell you. Whether you want to put a spin on a whole primary school nativity or sing some truly brilliant festive songs, here are some unforgettable Christmas assembly ideas for primary school.

As the end of the school year approaches, it’s time to start thinking about Year Six leavers ideas. Year Six children building towards the final phase of their primary education will experience a whole range of emotions when they move from one chapter of their life to another.

We are delighted to announce that our musical "Bamboozled - An Extraordinary Musical Adventure" has been shortlisted at the Music & Drama Education Awards within the category "Excellence In Musical Theatre". The project, written and published in partnership with Edinburgh Zoo and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, is an uplifting tale of friendship and survival, and carries a vital message to young performers about conservation and looking after our natural environment. 

Drama is a wonderful addition to the home-learning cannon. It’s an exciting, dynamic, creative and meaningful pursuit that most children will love the chance to do in their home. And it doesn’t need a cast of 30 to make it work. It can be done in pairs with a sibling or parent, or even as an individual. On top of that, it requires very little teacher involvement, it can provide a break from looking at a screen or working at a table, it needn’t require any particular resources and it may be just what the children need when stuck at...

This Christmas will see many schools and nurseries filming a nativity rather than performing it to a live audience. For a lot of them, it may well be the first time that they have filmed a production. For everyone, it will be the first time that the filmed version needs to fill the metaphorical boots of the live version. And this being the case, the process of filming it perhaps needs a little more consideration and planning than it might otherwise: how to ensure everyone can be seen and heard, when to zoom in and when not to, when to...

Within primary schools, the nativity is at once the backbone and the heart of the school year, so embedded within the cultural calendar and so intrinsic to the structure of the autumn term, that schools must and will do everything to ensure it takes place. But it will need to adapt.

Ah, the modern-day harvest festival: giant packets of dried pasta, tins of baked beans, soups, cereal boxes, biscuits, even long-lasting milk. It’s a far cry from all the fresh fruit and vegetables of yesteryear, when tables bowed under the weight of potatoes and pumpkins, apples and onions, misshapen carrots and amusingly shaped turnips.

As if schools being closed and communities being in lockdown wasn’t enough, the idea of finally returning to school but not being allowed to sing would have been heart-breaking to many children and teachers across the country. So, with the updated publication of the government’s “Guidance for full opening: schools” (see link below), many will be breathing a sigh of relief that music and singing can return to their rightful place at the heart of the school community.

Just two years after launching The School Musicals Company, we are understandably delighted to have won the “Outstanding Musical Theatre/Drama Resource” award at this year’s Music Teacher “Awards For Excellence”. We have received wonderful feedback from the hundreds of schools and youth theatres about our shows and publications, “brilliant” comments from Teaching Drama Magazine and to now receive accreditation from industry professionals is the icing on the cake.

As a leavers musical, there cannot be many to rival Pantastic for sheer joie de vivre. Tom Kirkham and Matthew Crossey’s exhilarating adaptation of the adventures of Peter Pan, Captain Hook, the Lost Boys and Tiger Lily has been delighting schools and youth theatres all over Europe since its publication in 2016. So, what’s the secret? What makes it such a great leavers musical, and why do children, in particular, love it so much?