For Primary 5 to 7 pupils
Primary Schools Tour
Get your pupils singing and moving while learning!
Our much-loved, annual Primary Schools Tour helps teachers all over Scotland deliver aspects of A Curriculum for Excellence, giving up to 100 of your P5-P7s the opportunity to be involved in a special performance day, during which our team of teaching artists help them stage their own all-singing, all-dancing 30-minute show.
In 2027, we introduce a brand new show, Vive La Révolution, with music by Alan Penman, words by Natalie Arle-Toyne, costume design by Trish Kenny and art design by Iain Piercy. Through song and stagecraft, pupils will find out what really happened in 1789 when the people of Paris stormed the infamous Bastille!
Applications for Primary Schools Tour 2027 are now open.
Each school that participates receives:
- High quality teaching resources, including a teachers' support pack to help introduce the music and related activities.
- A day-long workshop with a team of highly experienced arts education specialists and performers.
- A 30-minute performance for family, friends and schoolmates to share.
What's been said about our past Primary Schools Tours...
"Many thanks to everyone involved for creating such memorable songs and effective dance routines. The lyrics were brilliant, perfectly incapsulating the most memorable parts of the original poem. I hope if I’m teaching P6 again next session that we get the opportunity to collaborate again."
"The materials sent out and the video links made this so much easier to prepare for. The children, although small in number, felt mighty with the level of preparation they had. They went along feeling confident and successful."
"The impact this project has is huge. Children who you really don't expect to, always really enjoy taking part and it does wonders for confidence, broadening children's experiences in the arts."
Kindly supported by The Cookie Matheson Charitable Trust, The David and June Gordon Memorial Charitable Trust, Dr Guthrie’s Association, The Harbinson Charitable Trust, The Pear Tree Fund for Music, The Springboard Charitable Trust and The Zich Trust.
About Vive La Révolution
The year is 1789. Paris, and indeed the whole of France, is in turmoil. Queen Marie Antoinette and her court live in a bubble of banquets and balls, fancy clothes and silly ceremonies while the working people struggle to survive rising taxes and shrinking bread.
When their patience finally snaps, the Royal Guard face a monumental decision: defend the old order or support the new? The storming of the Bastille was the match that lit the flame of revolution which changed the fate of France and of Europe forever.
Join us in 2027 for the story of the fight for liberté, égalité et fraternité!
Broomhill Primary School. Primary Schools Tour 2026. Scottish Opera. Credit by Julie Howden.
Broomhill Primary School. Primary Schools Tour 2026. Scottish Opera. Credit by Julie Howden.
Broomhill Primary School. Primary Schools Tour 2026. Scottish Opera. Credit by Julie Howden.
Broomhill Primary School. Primary Schools Tour 2026. Scottish Opera. Credit by Julie Howden.
Broomhill Primary School. Primary Schools Tour 2026. Scottish Opera. Credit by Julie Howden.
Broomhill Primary School. Primary Schools Tour 2026. Scottish Opera. Credit by Julie Howden.
Broomhill Primary School. Primary Schools Tour 2026. Scottish Opera. Credit by Julie Howden.
Broomhill Primary School. Primary Schools Tour 2026. Scottish Opera. Credit by Julie Howden.
How does it work?
1. Online Resources
Scottish Opera will provide online teaching resources for you to work through with your pupils in the run up to your performance date, including easy-to-follow audio and video teaching aids for the songs, alongside fun curriculum-based learning activities which can be carried out in class, assigned as homework tasks or used for assessment purposes. The project is designed to tie in directly to the experiences and outcomes of A Curriculum for Excellence, with a range of cross-curricular activities to enhance pupils’ learning experience.
2. The Workshop and Performance
On the morning of the workshop, our team of highly-skilled and motivated musicians, singers and drama specialists spend four hours working with pupils to rehearse and perform a 30-minute show. They bring a fantastic array of costumes with them to really bring the story to life and help pupils present the highest quality performance possible, for an audience of your choice.
For more information
Our Primary Schools Tour costs £950 plus VAT.
Payment for the project will be requested in two instalments. £100 plus VAT will be requested on confirmation of booking, £850 plus VAT will be requested 1–2 weeks after the performance workshop day.
Digital Packages
Missed out on Primary Schools Tour?
We've got you covered!
Experience our comprehensive On-demand Digital Package, which provides you with everything you need to make your performance day a success, for £100 plus VAT.
Alternatively, our Supported Digital Package also provides you everything you need to prepare for your live performance plus additional guidance on how to rehearse and stage the show from a Scottish Opera teaching artist for £375 plus VAT.
For more information about the Primary Schools Tour, please get in touch with Producer, Madeleine Coxshott, via the contact form below: