Drama

Key Stage 3

At Key Stage 3 all boys participate in one lesson a fortnight focusing on the three key assessment criteria of making, performing and responding from the National Strategy. All units of work include the required explorative strategies required for GCSE and AS/A2 Drama. (More ... )

Key Stage 4

SKILLS LEARNT:

• how drama is created, including all the acting and staging skills that are needed to put a piece of drama on to the stage

• how to create a character and play this character in a performance

• many skills that are highly valued in any walk of life including teamwork and confidently presenting yourself in public. (More ... )

Key Stage 5 (AS)

AS Unit 1 – Exploration of Drama and Theatre

l 40% of the total AS marks

l 20% of the total GCE marks

Content summary:

l This unit introduces boys to the content of plays written for the theatre. They will learn how to analyse plays in a variety of ways so that they become familiar with the way written plays can be interpreted for realisation in performance.

AS Unit 2 – Theatre Text in Performance

l 60% of the total AS marks

l 30% of the total GCE marks

Content summary:

l This unit offers boys the chance to demonstrate skills in a performance environment. The knowledge and understanding gained during the study of two plays in Unit 1 can now be applied with a view to delivering a performance to an audience. (More ... )

Key stage 5 (A2)

Unit 3 – Exploration of dramatic performance

l 40% of the total A2 marks

l 20% of the total GCE marks

Content summary:

l This unit requires the creation of a unique and original piece of theatre. The knowledge and understanding gained in the AS units can now be applied to a created production. Boys will be assessed on both the process of creation and the finished product in the form of a performance to an invited audience..

Unit 4 – Theatre text in Context

l 60% of the total A2 marks

l 30% of the total GCE marks

Content summary:

l This externally examined written unit requires the detailed study of one set play text and one prescribed historical period of theatrical development. (More ... )