Drama

Intent:

At The Rodillian Academy, our ambition is to provide a broad and varied curriculum that offers students of all abilities the opportunity to participate in the artistic practice of Drama. The curriculum is structured to stimulate students’ imaginations allowing them to explore issues beyond their own experience, in a safe and supportive environment. Students will expand their thought processes and learn to articulate their ideas, opinions and feelings, collaborating creatively to confidently to present their ideas for an audience.

Our aim is to build and develop personal competences which students can apply, not only in drama lessons, but beyond school life and in future employment. We aim to inspire students to opt for Drama at GCSE, and ensure all students leave with a qualification that reflects the best of their ability.

The drama schemes of work are structured to offer students experience in theatrical techniques, genres and performance styles, script interpretation and characterisation, devising original drama and exploring the technical and design aspects of a performance. A range of texts and media from classic to contemporary are used, including Shakespeare and schemes develop contextual links through the exploration of themes and theatre practitioners (historical, contemporary and from diverse cultures).

At Key Stage Three, the curriculum has been written to ensure progression allowing students to revisit, embed and extend their knowledge and understanding when:

• Creating drama
  • by exploring performance texts, understanding their social, cultural and historical context
  • by developing a range of theatrical skills and applying them to create performance
  • by working collaboratively to generate, develop and communicate ideas
  • by developing as creative, effective, independent and reflective students who are able to make informed choices in process and performance;
• Performing drama
  • by contributing as an individual to a theatrical performance;
• Responding to drama
  • by reflecting upon and evaluating their own work and that of others.

These skills are taken from the GCSE assessment criteria, so students are on a journey to drama qualification success from the start of Year 7.