part and it's incorporated into every subject the schools concept no student gets left behind. now that they can have some food oh sure some of 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 had such a great childhood and she's invited to this whole family party but the family does not know why they are invited they don't know anybody. the elderly baroness

westfield also played by a teacher has invited her relatives to visit her one last time. emma norris has only been going to the mr sculp 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. on. how can i want to tell you why we're all here today only. when and now. and now. that the school employees live action role play as a way to teach the curriculum it calls this mix of acting theatre and interaction learning games. this role play covers the legal aspects of a will come play. family constellations and the highs and lows of human life.

then emma goes to a relatively ordinary class still the role play continues. i 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 this and her previous school emma struggled and felt she was left to cope on her own. her self-esteem suffered a major blow. over i was 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 spreading. if i was clever enough to be in a school 1. at the end of the lesson someone slips them

a mysterious document. this is the document which might tell us why we're here so we're trying to figure out what it means. has the parents being questioned on suspicion of murder. mike emma many of the easter school pupils felt like outsiders at their former schools. friends question oh yes yes yes some students have a learning disability a.d.h. to 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 with. everything we do is to move with the students to want to learn something and they're not learning something because they have to go to an exam or because mother or father or the sciences so they're learning it because they want to learn and we may represent 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 and doesn't mean you can't teach nearly 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 in a 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.

oh. that special he also says something about 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. 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 vindu slow but castle interior and. coming over to him it helps her fellow pupils put on make up for an elaborately staged role play though there's no audience. for you. like. what you might as well use because it is you almost. there had to by doing. all this helps new pupils like emma better integrate into the school community says

teacher in game master morton care gore. has got to get to see inside of hollow you don't fulfill production work spending about timing just corp get off the special effects in your world help them out in a game. of hide and this is also very much a community community treated exercise it will still be we'll be right this. emma puts on her costume then the role play of the midnight conclave begins. it's the year 1532 inquisitors are executing supernatural beings. sorcerers baroness funmi chosen is gravely concerned people 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. this very old well me because she's only been around i around say one of the 3 kind of ramp hires 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. made it through the all think it's teach them. a way of. dealing with problems. they didn't know last what happened. and this is just the kind of the ultimate system to have to walk around to have to mingle you have to travel with a lot of different opinions and especially role play all the the fronts of the opinions of every separators. they're all players room 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 question my thinker just so sweet and helpful. and that's a very good feelings very well for meit is obviously you. in the evening the role play reaches its climax. samia. sacrifice herself in a ritual. she let herself be transformed into a human thereby saving the magical creatures and making the world a more peaceful place. now taken away your memories that was very intense. as she finds the end of the ritual quite moving what 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 you don't have an argos. is giving me what can i say and armor put on so i. i will be able to stand up for myself until tell people that if they don't like me it's not my problem. because i am me 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 professional.

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