PERFORMING ARTS

 

Drama is taught by:

Ms S Probett    CTL (Performing Arts)
Ms L Clarke Drama Teacher    
Ms M Martin Drama Teacher

 

Curriculum Overview - KS3 & KS4

Key Stage 3

 

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Year 7

Community and Protest

 

Acting: performing a short scene from the play ‘Antigone’ by Inua Ellams from memory

 

Devising: Using movement and performance skills to create a devised piece entitled ‘Chorus’

Diversity and Inclusion

 

Acting: performing a short scene from the play ‘Frankenstein’ by Nick Dear from memory

 

Devising: Using movement and performance skills to create a devised piece entitled ‘The Lessons’

Representation of Women

 

Acting: performing a scene from the play ‘Becky, Nurse of Salem’ from memory

 

Devising: Using movement and performance skills to create a devised piece entitled ‘The Prophecy’ (based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth)

Year 8

Gender and Stereotypes

 

Acting: performing a short scene from the play ‘Medea’ by Euripides from memory

 

Devising: Using movement and performance skills to create a devised piece entitled ‘Poison’

Family and Migration

 

Acting: performing a short scene from the play ‘A View From the Bridge’ by Arthur Miller from memory

 

Devising: Using speech, improvisation and performance skills to develop a devised piece entitled ‘Revenge’

Faith and Mental Health

 

Acting: performing a scene from the play ‘Hamlet’ from memory

 

Devising: Using movement and performance skills to create a devised piece entitled ‘The Message’ (based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet)

Year 9

Immigration and Diversity

 

Acting: performing a short scene from the play ‘Refugee Boy’ by Lemn Sissay from memory

 

Devising: Using movement and performance skills to create a devised piece entitled ‘Home’

Scene Study

 

Acting: students perform two extracts from memory from a play of their choice

 

Design: Students create the set, lighting and costume, hair and make up design for their performance. 

Verbatim Theatre

 

Acting: performing a verbatim piece of theatre from an interview they have recorded and transcribed.

 

Devising: Using inspiration from the musical ‘Hamilton’ students create their own devised performance piece. 

 

Key Stage 4 

 

Course Title

Exam Board

Assessment Components & Method (Exam/NEA %)

When is the Component Assessed? (e.g. Summer GCSE)

GCSE Drama

Eduqas

Component 1 - 40% NEA (IA)

10% Devised practical exam

10% Written Evaluation

20% Written Portfolio

 

Component 2 - 20% Performance exam. (EA)

Students complete a performance of 2 scenes from a chosen play from memory. 

 

Component 3 - 40% Written Exam (EA)

Students sit a 90 minute written exam.

Part A: 75% on set text (currently ‘Refugee Boy’ by Lemn Sissay

Part B: 25% Live Theatre Review

Summer term year 10

 

 

 

January/February Year 11

 

 

 

 

May Year 11 - Summer GCSE

 

ASDAN Expressive Arts

ASDAN

Module 3: Arts In Action

Students work for 60 hours on a piece. 

They take part in workshops and produce a portfolio of evidence.

Undertaken and assessed in Summer Year 10

 

Awarded in Year 11

 

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Alternative pathways at KS4

 

Entry Pathway

We offer a level 1 qualification  called the Drama Entry Pathway accredited by WJEC.

This is not a GCSE but students can accumulate credits for a range of skills - voice, movement, creating an original piece and performing as part of a group.

This can be taught alongside the GCSE and may suit some students better than the GCSE.

 

ASDAN Expressive Arts

We also offer ASDAN Expressive Arts to students on the course with significant SEN if they will not be able to complete the written examination for GCSE. This requires the students to work on a group project for an extended amount of time and runs in partnership with the GCSE Component 1 unit.

 

Enrichment

We offer an extensive enrichment and extracurricular curriculum alongside formal lessons.

Students have an opportunity to perform for an audience at the end of every term. This includes a whole school play, open to all in the Autumn Term.

 

We organise theatre visits at regular intervals for GCSE students, both for their GCSE course and a Saturday Matinee club where we book 20 tickets to different performances throughout the year in different venues which are offered on a first come, first served basis for students studying GCSE Drama. These trips are to venues such as The Young Vic, The Old Vic, The Donmar Warehouse, The National Theatre (Olivier, Lyttleton and Dorfman) Soho Theatre, Sadlers Wells and Theatre Royal Stratford East. These trips take place usually in the evening or on Saturdays to avoid missing learning time.

 

We have also started to take selected students in year 8 and 9 to the theatre as a praise reward visit for their hard work in drama lessons.

We have links with organisations such as Frantic Assembly, The Donmar Warehouse and English National Ballet (Sadlers Wells) as well as professional actors and directors who come in to lead workshops in school so that our students can extend their understanding as well as work with industry professionals.

Home learning

 

Year 7 and 8

Students will be expected to complete regular home learning tasks.  These will be set on Google Classroom. 

These will include: learning lines for performance, self assessments and target setting, answering key philosophical questions, lighting design, costume design and some research into practitioners or rehearsal techniques.

 

Year 9

Students will be expected to complete regular home learning including tasks building on the skills learnt in years 7 and 8 including: in-depth research into different practitioners and artists (Frantic Assembly, Stanislavski, Brecht, Lemn Sissay, Warsan Shire) lighting design, set design, costume, hair and make up design, workshop planning and evaluation.

 

KS4 (years 10 and 11)

As further development of the skills learnt in KS3, students will be expected to complete regular home learning tasks such as: learning lines for entire scenes from plays, written logs for practitioner workshops and practical devising lessons, answering exam style questions in the key areas of lighting design, set design, costume, hair and make-up design, directing and acting.

As well as this they will be required to do independent research into the themes and issues we explore in lessons. This is particularly the case in year 10 and 11. (Comp 1 Devising Ideas)

They will be expected to learn lines for practical assessments. (Comp 2 Performance from Text)

All the resources they will need to access will be available on Google Classroom.

 

How parents/carers can support their child

Taking an interest in what your child is doing, asking them to tell you what their work was like. Share what is being completed and recorded on Google Classroom.  Give them access to high quality acting (not Eastenders) and take them to the theatre whenever possible.