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Drama

Name	Role	Email
Miss A Barnes	Teacher	A.Barnes@beverleygrammar.co.uk
Mr J Langfield	Teacher	J.Langfield@beverleygrammar.co.uk

Curriculum Content

	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9
Term 1	An Introduction to Key Skills, including Health and Safety in the studio space, group skills, tableau, soundscape and simple text work. Mime and Silent Film, focusing on physical characterisation.	Physical Theatre exploring the potential that anything can be created onstage.	Page to Stage. Blood Brothers.
Term 2	Commedia dell’arte, in historical context with improvisational play.	Page to Stage. Journey’s End.	Devising skills, including Verbatim Theatre, and introduction to Brecht and Boal.
Term 3	Introduction to Script, making use of a text which brings the skills explored in year seven together.	Greek Theatre including use of chorus and mask.	Shakespeare, exploring openings of some of the better known plays and linking directly to work in KS4 English.

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Term 1

An Introduction to Key Skills, including Health and Safety in the studio space, group skills, tableau, soundscape and simple text work.

Mime and Silent Film, focusing on physical characterisation.

Physical Theatre exploring the potential that anything can be created onstage.

Page to Stage. Blood Brothers.

Term 2

Commedia dell’arte, in historical context with improvisational play.

Page to Stage. Journey’s End.

Devising skills, including Verbatim Theatre, and introduction to Brecht and Boal.

Term 3

Introduction to Script, making use of a text which brings the skills explored in year seven together.

Greek Theatre including use of chorus and mask.

Shakespeare, exploring openings of some of the better known plays and linking directly to work in KS4 English.

	Key Stage 4
GCSE Drama	The course is split into three core components. Component 1: This component is a written exam in which students are assessed on their knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed, including in connection to a set play and on their ability to analyse and evaluate the live theatre work of others. The paper constitutes 40% of the GCSE. Component 2: This is a practical component in which students are assessed on their ability to create and develop ideas to communicate meaning for theatrical performance, apply theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in live performance and analyse and evaluate their own work. Component 2 constitutes 40% of the GCSE. Component 3: This component is a practical component in which students are assessed on their ability to apply theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in live performance. For this component students must complete two assessment tasks: study and present a key extract (monologue, duologue or group performance) study and present a second key extract (monologue, duologue or group performance) from the same play. Component 3 constitutes 20% of the GCSE.

Key Stage 4

GCSE Drama

The course is split into three core components.

Component 1: This component is a written exam in which students are assessed on their knowledge and understanding of how drama and theatre is developed and performed, including in connection to a set play and on their ability to analyse and evaluate the live theatre work of others. The paper constitutes 40% of the GCSE.

Component 2: This is a practical component in which students are assessed on their ability to create and develop ideas to communicate meaning for theatrical performance, apply theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in live performance and analyse and evaluate their own work. Component 2 constitutes 40% of the GCSE.

Component 3: This component is a practical component in which students are assessed on their ability to apply theatrical skills to realise artistic intentions in live performance. For this component students must complete two assessment tasks:

study and present a key extract (monologue, duologue or group performance)

study and present a second key extract (monologue, duologue or group performance) from the same play. Component 3 constitutes 20% of the GCSE.

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