May 2018

Upcoming Puppetry Workshop for Teachers in Sydney!

3rd May, 2018|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

We're excited to announce that we've organised a one-day Professional Development Puppetry workshop for teachers, and we'd love you to join us! Run by puppeteer and primary school teacher Kay Yasugi (Pupperoos), this hands-on workshop aims to help teachers explore how puppetry can be used to stimulate enriched literacy projects and act as a springboard [...]

October 2017

 A Dog Puppet with an Important Story to Tell

20th October, 2017|Blog, Puppet commissions, Puppetry and Education|

Last year, Kay made this beautiful dog puppet for the Year 10 Drama Ensemble performing at the 2016 NSW Public Schools State Drama Festival in Sydney, Australia. The drama piece was inspired by this amazing story of a cat who was reunited with his family after being separated in Lesbos, as well as this online article about [...]

April 2016

Puppetry in Ministry Workshop

18th April, 2016|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

On 31st May 2014, Pupperoos ran a training workshop for Children and Youth Ministry workers called “An Introduction to Puppetry in Ministry”. The workshop was held at Randwick Presbyterian Church and aimed to help participants learn to use puppetry to create engaging talks, skits and dramas to bring the Bible to life for young people [...]

Puppet Pandemonium at the Powerhouse Discovery Centre

18th April, 2016|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Shows|

In the Autumn school holidays of 2014, Pupperoos performed a series of holiday puppet shows at the Powehouse Discovery Centre in Sydney. The 50 minute show was called ‘Puppet Pandemonium’ and it was interactive puppetry ‘show and tell’ with puppet-making demos, storytelling, live music and lots of audience participation. Kay’s puppet friends included Bina the [...]

Christmas Peek-a-boo Puppets with Spook and Splash!

18th April, 2016|Blog, Festivals, Workshops|

In 2013 and 2014, Pupperoos was invited to run Peek-a-boo Puppet workshops for Christmas Festivals in Ryde, Sydney. Organised by the City of Ryde, the 2013 festival was held on Friday the 13th – lending itself to a ‘Nightmare Before Christmas Spooktacular’! There was a screening of the Tim Burton film, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ [...]

September 2013

Teacher Workshops: Puppetry for Literacy and Creativity

23rd September, 2013|Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

Pupperoos has been busy this year running professional development workshops for teachers in Sydney.One workshop was for Pre-School Teachers, which focused on Puppetry for Early Childhood Language Development. Participants learned how to use puppetry to stimulate literacy and act as a springboard for other engaging learning experiences. The 2 ½ hour session was held at [...]

Monkeying around for a good cause

23rd September, 2013|Blog, Charity, Shows, Workshops|

 Chee-Chee the Cheeky Monkey (and her 'assistant' Kay Yasugi) did a puppet show and workshop in July for a benefit concert in Kingsgrove, Sydney. Chee-Chee hosted the concert with Taryn Skye Douglas, who plays the host in Series 2 of the children’s television show, ‘The Amazing House’. The concert was put on to raise money [...]

April 2013

March 2013

Shark Puppets Attack!

28th March, 2013|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

Pupperoos recently ran a series of exciting shark puppet workshops at Fowler Road School. The students have been learning about dangerous animals and by the end of the day, they had created a whole school of sharks, piranhas, dragons (and one pug dog)! Here is what one of the students wrote about his experience:Yesterday we [...]

December 2012

Puppetry for teachers! A Look at Teacher Training Workshops

23rd December, 2012|Blog, Puppetry and Education, Workshops|

Students studying Primary Education at Sydney UniversityPupperoos has been busy running training workshops for teachers and childcare workers in Sydney.  One highlight has been running a session for ESL teachers at the 'ESL:The Way Forward!' Conference in South Western Sydney. It has been great to see there is a growing interest in educators using puppets [...]

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