Drama
Staff Members |
Ms J Hirst and Mrs A Jowett |
Creative Arts Head of Faculty: Mr J Revell |
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Prior Learning |
At KS1 and 2 the aim was for students to: Participate in and gain knowledge, skills and understanding associated with the artistic practice of drama. Pupils should be able to adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriately to others in role. They should have opportunities to improvise, devise and script drama for one another and a range of audiences, as well as to rehearse, refine, share and respond thoughtfully to drama and theatre performances.
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Key Stage 3 |
Throughout Year 7, 8 and 9, students learn and apply three key areas of knowledge:
Context Performing Devising
The knowledge taught in each year is as follows: Year 7: Hansel and Gretel by The Brothers Grimm
Year 7: Response to text : The Long Road by Shelagh Stephenson
Year 7: Response to stimulus : an image
Year 8: Response to text : Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
Year 8: Response to text : Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Year 8: Response to stimulus : a quotation
Year 9: Response to text : DNA by Dennis Kelly
Year 9: Response to text : Missing Dan Nolan by Mark Wheeller
Year 9: Response to stimulus : song lyrics
Assessment at Key Stage Three Students will experience one Knowledge Week in Year 7, one in Year 8 and two in Year 9. They will be assessed on their understanding of the key knowledge and their practical application of it. The understanding accounts for 50% of their grades and the practical application accounts for the other 50%.
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Key Stage 4 |
We follow the BTEC Tech Award in Performing Arts (Pearson)
Year 10: Exploring the Performing Arts - 33% Students will investigate how professional performance or production work is created and demonstrate understanding of the skills, techniques and approaches used by professionals to create performance/production.
Year 10: Developing Skills and Techniques in the Performing Arts - 33% Students will use rehearsal or production/design processes, apply skills and techniques in performance or realisation and review their own development and application of performance or design skills. Year 11: Responding to a Brief - 33% Students will understand how to respond to a brief; select and develop skills and techniques in response to a brief; apply skills and techniques in a workshop performance in response to a brief; and evaluate the development process and outcome in response to a brief.
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Useful websites and resources |
Year 10: https://padlet.com/ajowett/xfwcnubanpbn2k8f Year 11: https://padlet.com/ajowett/ge3l6zwywfaml4ei
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Possible areas of future Studies |
A-Level Drama and Theatre Vocational Performing Arts University Acting School |
Possible future careers |
Jobs indirectly related to drama include:
Studying Drama shows future employers that can work well on you own and in a team, you are confident, you can present, etc. |