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princes. dream of the world. their full power and boundless ambition of the middle east and to a great crisis in. the lives of princes of the gulf states nov 27th on t w. i had a really hard time school. emma norris is dyslexic and was always an outsider at school . but that's all supposed to change now that she's attending the 1st to school of f. to school in holborow denmark. each week a new role play is part of the curriculum every pupil takes part and it's

incorporated into every subject the school's concept no student gets left behind. so that it can we have some food oh sure serve the baroness 1st. the school's 85 pupils and their teachers stay in the game they remain in character even while eating lunch their current role play is called the testament and english teacher plays the pastor has his punishment is a pardon amen. that's why all this. woman was hatch children and she is invited to this whole family party but the family does not know why they are invited they don't know any but. the elderly

baroness westfield also played by a teacher has invited her relatives to visit her one last time. emma north has only been going to the school for a few weeks. beginning in the 8th grade the danish school system allows people to attend independent boarding schools for up to 3 years. many of these schools have a special focus. now again i want to tell you why we're all here today the only. one and now. and now. the school employees live action role play as a way to teach the curriculum it calls this mix of acting theater and interaction learning games. this role play covers the legal aspects of a will come plex family constellations and the highs and lows of human life.

then emma goes to a relatively ordinary class still the role play continues. we need someone from the other family. time and again pupils are taken out of class to participate. to schools and it has her english lessons not an easy subject for someone with dyslexia far. from his and her previous school emma struggled and felt she was left to cope on her own. her self-esteem suffered a major blow. over very very shy and i didn't want to speak up for myself i. didn't have any friends and i was on shore if i was good enough if i was pretty and if i was clever enough to be in a school. at the end of the lesson someone slips them

a mysterious document. this is the document which my tell us why we're here so we're trying to figure out what it means. has a parent being questioned on suspicion of murder. like emma many of the esther school of pupils felt like outsiders at their former schools. friends west oh yes yes yes some students have learning disabilities a.d.h. do your autism spectrum disorder others are gifted and many have experienced bullying. but employing role play in regular lessons helps all pupils says teacher andreas miller. everything you do is to move the students to want to learn something and they're not learning something because they have to go to nixon or because mother or father or the society says so they're learning it because they want to learn and we may record in games or in funny hats or whatever but they're

usually very motivated and there are certain types of students who just don't fit in to modern school life that really benefits from having something that is much more direct and much more like tangible tangible form doesn't mean you can't teach merely complex matters it just means that you have to you have to wrap it in a way where the nearness makes sense in its own right learning that makes sense emma wants to sing its praises for the 1st time she's made friends your own age they've just taught her to play the piano. and.

oh. 7 that's pressure he also says something about would play and how you just for a moment escape from reality and take some time for yourself and i think that's maybe why i could make so much of this so ima has regularly taken part in live roleplay events for the last 8 years. the 17 year old spends her allowance on costumes for her slipping into another persona is a release. i felt like i wasn't allowed to cry and so therefore i just. had all these feelings

inside but then i got through role play and i put on a fine a cool dress and i do some wore makeup or something and then i play at this girl who has lost her mother and then i was allowed to cry because it was a role play. one week later the entire school has traveled to germany for a field trip to vin destroy the castle interior and. we don't know ima helps her fellow pupils put on makeup for an elaborately staged role play though there's no audience. for. it like. what it might well you do see if you go if you go. they have to by doing. it this helps new pupils like emma better integrated into the school community says

teacher and game master morton care gore. has got to get to sandy inside of hollow here don't fulfill production work spending about timing corporations get off the special effects well help them of the make. up times this is also very much a community a community outreach getting society building still the will gain the friends. emma puts on her costume then the role play the midnight conclave begins. its the year 1532 inquisitors are executing supernatural beings. sorcerers bareness fun men chosen is gravely concerned indeed why we won't abandon our people and the magical world. together with vampires fairies source.

shearers and we're wolves the baroness tries to find a solution. at her castle the aim to bring peace to the world but it's not easy as old feuds and animosities resurface emma plays the vampire elvira. is very overwhelming because she's only been around i around say one of the 3 kind of ram pirates and now there are 10 different kinds of magic species around her. this is just one of 70 different role plays that comprise the danish school's curriculum including math biology chemistry physics history geography and languages taught in an unconventional way and the school success speaks for itself 72 percent of pupils subsequently go on to upper secondary schools where they can take their school leaving exams that matches the danish average. the head of the vampires tries to hold emma's clan together

a few of them have gone rogue. he. made it through the all that siege them. a way of. dealing with problems. and then last what happened. and this is the kind of the ultimate says because they have to walk around they have to mingle they have to travel with a lot of different opinions and especially in role play all the the france and the opinions of every separators that are. still. there all players roam all around the castle they solve riddles find mysterious objects uncover intrigues have discussions and fight. 100 people are taking part pupils teachers even the building manager it's the 1st time for me that i feel comfortable in

a school system and with the teachers. also people that i don't really talk to. just come up to me and say oh it's a really nice costume i think you're just so sweet and helpful. and that's a very good feelings very well for myself. in the evening the role play reaches its climax. saying then you. know mirren alias emma sacrificed herself in a ritual. she lets herself be transformed into a human thereby saving the magical creatures and making the world a more peaceful place. now taking away your memories that was very intense. but it is she finds the end of the ritual quite moving and if they could say something personal to us. and it was very very heartbreaking but in

a good way in a good way or wow you were great thanks are you ok yeah i'm good. after just a few weeks at the school and already feels better equipped to deal with life. rather who does. this giving me what could i say and armor that i could put on so i. i will and they have to accept me and respect me as i am. when she graduates emma plans to become a nursery school teacher she already knows she'll use role play as a pedagogical tool in her future profession. to grow. the soccer mom of.

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