During our literature lessons with Year 8 students, we are reading and discussing the book ‘Robin Hood’ by Stephen Colbourn. The story is about a young, brave man, who wants to enter an archery competition in Nottingham. He is disturbed by the current situation in England, where nobles, priests and knights continually take advantage of poor people, who are forced to pay exorbitant taxes, or else…
In Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood becomes the leader of a band of outlaws whose mission is to steal from the rich to give to the poor. His daring actions anger many people in power such as the Sheriff of Nottingham and evil Prince John whilst the poor sing him praises.
The students were asked to take a chapter from Robin Hood and transform it into drama script format. They needed to write up a dialogue involving different characters and think about stage directions, props, and costumes to present the chapter in a creative, effective way. Here are some pictures of the students performing their outstanding interpretations of Robin Hood.
Ethan Brimmer (Yr 8 St Matthew) as one of the foresters, dressed in Lincoln green, eating pie and drinking ginger ale in Sherwood ForestFrancesco Briffa (Yr 8 St Matthew) as Robin Hood, shooting an arrow at the Sheriff’s cousin played by Duane Pace (Yr 8 St Matthew), in Sherwood Forest(From left to right) Jethro Cedric Valletta as the deer shot by Robin Hood, Luca Attard as the forester eating pie and drinking ale, Mattia Farrugia as Robin Hood and Kane Camilleri as the narrator. (Year 8 St Luke)(From left to right) Kayden Friggieri and Francesco Vella as the foresters challenging Robin Hood, Leon Briffa as Robin Hood and Mario Camilleri as the narrator. (Year 8 St Luke)From left to right: Kane Whitehead as an outlaw, and Zack Attard as the narrator witnessing the first encounter of Robin Hood (played by Andrew Kenely) and Will Stutely (played by Adam Busuttil). (Year 8 St. John)From left to right, Keirin Pace as Robin Hood, being taunted by the foresters because he had trespassed into the King’s Forest. The foresters are played by Joseph Farrugia, Nathan Borg and Zack Buttigieg. The narrator is played by Ethan Grech (Year 8 St. John).Robin Hood (played by Luke Mifsud), accompanied by his Merry Men (played by Keelan Farrugia and Julian Chetcuti, assisted by Ms Caroline ) with Jamie-Lee Borg as the narrator (off-screen) (Year 8 St. Mark)
