Students at Thorpe St Andrew School deserve an exciting, challenging and fun drama curriculum in which practical performance skills are developed and key technical knowledge is learnt. The curriculum encourages students to engage critically and creatively with a range of texts and dramatic stimuli and develop an appreciation of the crucial role of drama and the arts to wider society.
The skills learnt in drama lessons apply to so much more than the subject itself and are critical assets in the adaptable and responsive workforce of tomorrow. We understand that we are not teaching students to become successful actors but rather to become successful individuals who are able to empathise with others, work collaboratively and creatively solve problems and overcome challenges.
In drama, we learn through shared experience and aim to create memorable lessons which students will recall throughout their time at school and remember fondly for many years to come.
Will give students the opportunity to:
BTEC Drama offers students an opportunity to develop some of the practical skills they will need to enter the Performing Arts industry. Students study a range of theatre practitioners and are given lots of opportunities to develop their own performance skills. Analysis and evaluation are still required, however, this comes in the form of milestone evaluations and rehearsal logs rather than an end of course written examination.
Component 1: Understanding
Drama - 40%
1 Piece of Coursework
Students look at a number of performances and analyse these from the perspective of the actor, director, designer and producer. Students will need to draw on the work of a variety of theatre practitioners to complete an extended report
Component 2:
Devising Drama –
40%
Multiple Practical Exams
4 Pieces of Coursework
Students will develop and refine their practical performance skills through a number of workshops and rehearsal lessons. Students will take part in a performance assessment of a chosen text. They will need to document their progress in rehearsal logs.
Component 3:
Texts in Practice –
20%
1 Practical Exam
3 Pieces of Coursework
Students are given a brief, and have
to devise a group performance for
external examination. Students will
need to analyse and evaluate their
work in written Milestone Reports.
GCSE Drama is a good choice for students who prefer analysing and evaluating plays rather than focusing on
their own skills as a performer. Its assessed primarily through written work so students should be prepared to
write in detail about the work of theatre-makers.
In GCSE Drama students learn about a range of theatrical text through analysis and evaluation from thr viewpoints of a performer, director, playwright and designer. Students will develop and refine their their
Component 1: Understanding
Drama - 40%
1 Written Examination
1 hour 45 minutes
Students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of two plays through a number of questions drawing on practical work undertaken and performances seen as part of the course.
Component 2:
Devising Drama – 40%
3 pieces of coursework
1 Practical Exam
Students will devise and create an
original piece of drama for
examination. Tudents will
document the process and evaluate
their final performance in their
Devising Logs.
Component 3:
Texts in Practice – 20%
2 Practical Exams
Students explore and perform two extracts from a chosen play for a visiting examiner. There is no written work for this component.
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