Philippa Snell

Experience

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  Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

  Sept 2007 - Nov 2012

  Teacher of Drama and English
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  Capita Education Services

  Apr 2012 - Feb 2014

  English and Drama Teacher

  Currently teaching English at Cotelands, a PRU for school girl mothers and Emotionally Based School Refusers.

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  Creative Futures (UK) Ltd

  May 2012 - May 2014

  Freelance Drama practitioner

  Designing a KS1 Drama Curriculum and delivering teacher training for a research project funded by the Education Endowment Fund, looking at the effect Music and Drama has on literacy and numeracy.

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  National Theatre

  Nov 2012 - Apr 2013

  Theatre / film workshop facilitator

  Currently working on a theatre/film project in 5 East London girls' schools. The project is inspired by the play Port by Simon Stephens, currently showing at the National Theatre.

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  Theatre Centre

  Feb 2013 - Apr 2013

  Assistant Schools Producer

  I am currently running the project Grandmother's Footsteps - a Drama workshop and creative writing project that is linked to the forthcoming schools touring production Advice for the Young at Heart by playwright Roy Williams. We shall be looking at Teddy Boys, Mods and Rockers and British teenage rebellion from the past.

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  Told by an Idiot

  Apr 2013 - Sept 2013

  Freelance Educational Consultant

  Developing and marketing a teachers' CPD course with the company founders Paul Hunter and Hayley Carmicheal.

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  Theatre Centre

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  Reading and evaluating scripts for the Brian Way award which is a nationwide annual competition for new writing for young people.

  • Brian Way award reader

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2014

  • Production Assistant Advice for the Young at Heart

    Aug 2013 - Sept 2013
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  Philippa Snell Wild Arts

  Jan 2014 - now

  Freelance

  I run Wild Art workshops for children of all ages, Wild Art and Woodland Skills courses for women and training courses for teachers. Clients include the Charity Inside Out for Children and The Children's Arts School.

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  The Children's Art School

  Oct 2014 - Oct 2014

  Freelance Artist

  Artist / Educator leading a holiday Wild Art workshop in the woods of Wimbledon Common.

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  Westvale Park Primary Academy

  Sept 2021 - Nov 2024

  • Forest School Lead

    Sept 2021 - Nov 2024

  • Forest School Lead

    Sept 2021 - Oct 2024
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  The Wild Choir

  Sept 2023 - now

  Choir Leader

  We are a friendly and slightly wild choir who sing music that moves us. We love strong harmonies and believe everyone has a right to sing, no matter how experienced or skilled you are. We sing to the seasons, to our community and with our hearts. In the summer we sing in the woods and have also been known to sing with wild creatures.