Year 7
Schemes of work include: The Pied Piper, Darkwood Manor, Slapstick Comedy, Detectives, Matilda.
You will:
- Learn how to make, perform and evaluate drama.
- Explore stories, themes, and different styles of drama.
- Develop skills of speaking and listening, working in a group.
- Transfer skills into all other subjects where group work is used.
- Experiment with mime, movement, voice.
Year 8
Schemes of work include: Communication, Stone Cold, The Bully, Melodrama, Soap Operas and Musical Theatre.
You will:
- Learn how to make, perform and evaluate drama.
- Explore issues such as homelessness and bullying.
- Develop skills of performing in front of an audience.
- Transfer skills into class assemblies and presentations.
- Experiment with improvising, working on a script.
Year 9
Schemes of work include: Alcohol and Respect, Romeo and Juliet, Physical Theatre, Script work, Locked Up, Our Day Out.
You will:
- Learn how to make, perform and evaluate drama.
- Explore different styles of drama from physical theatre to script work.
- Develop an understanding of different types of drama.
- Transfer skills into devising own performances in class.
- Experiment with use of music, lighting, and props.
- Learn how to write about drama in preparation for GCSE.
