Teaching Staff Mrs N. Ousey (Subject Leader)
Year 7 students will study Introduction to Drama Techniques

Physical Theatre

Team Building

Using Short Scripts

Elizabethan Theatre
Year 8 students will study Docu-drama based on 9/11

Pantomimes

Westerns

Bang Out Of Order (Scripted)

Elizabethan Theatre II
Year 9 students will study Physical Theatre

Commedia Dell’Arte

Contemporary Drama (DNA)
Year 10 students will study Practitioners – Brecht & Stanislavski

Devising Theatre/ T.I.E.

Individual Showcase (I)
Year 11 students will study Practitioners – Artaud/ Berkoff/ Boal

Preparation, Production and Performance – Thematic

Individual Showcase (II) – Monologues and letter of application for a post.
You will be assessed by KS3 – Performance Skills  and Self-Evaluation (once every half-term)

KS4 – BTEC First Award in Performing Arts

Units 2 & 3 – Written Portfolio (including actor’s log and research tasks) and Practical Performances – Internally Assessed and Externally Moderated

Unit 1 – Two monologues and letter of application – Externally Assessed
Extra-curricular opportunities Drama Club – Tuesdays after-school

Lunchtime – Drop-in sessions for KS4

Theatre Trips

Participation in Drama Festivals (NOW Fest/ Work Bard, Play Bard)
Homework KS3 – Line-learning & written/ research tasks linked to unit (Half-termly)

KS4 – Actor’s Logs (in detail) weekly/ Line-learning/ Research, as appropriate
Examination board Pearson