Drama

Drama and Theatre Studies |
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Curriculum leaders |
Ms G Matthews, Mr D MacPherson, and Ms C Robertshaw |
GCSE Examination board: |
Edexcel |
Link to GCSE Specification: | GCSE Drama |
Curriculum Intent |
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The purpose of the AGFS DRAMA curriculum is:
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Curriculum Organisation |
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The drama curriculum is organised by the power standards. These standards reflect the essence of the subject as an academic discipline and reflect the strands of each discipline that must be developed to achieve mastery. These threads are cross-referenced against the KS3 national curriculum, GCSE, A Level specification, and degree courses at Russell Group universities to ensure that scholars’ experience of the subject is as broad and as academically rigorous as possible. The drama power standards are:
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Curriculum Overview: |
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Year 7:
Year 8:
Year 9:
Year 10:
Year 11:
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Supporting from home |
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Recommended websites/ online platforms:
Recommended activities to complete with your child:
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Feedback |
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Scholars receive verbal, self, and peer feedback every lesson through:
Scholars are expected to respond in the moment to this feedback to show they can correct errors and improve their knowledge and understanding.
At Key Stage 3, scholars receive teacher feedback every lesson, where they learn whether they are on track, below or above their teacher’s expectations for mastery. At the end of every lesson, scholars will have a clear target to incorporate into their work in the following lesson.
At Key Stage 4, scholars receive written teacher feedback after each checkpoint. Scholars complete checkpoint tasks independently so teachers can review what they know and can do. Checkpoints in drama consist of:
Written feedback from checkpoints will consist of:
Scholars will complete a refinement task to show their understanding of the target and to demonstrate their capacity to improve their work. This could be achieved through redrafting a section of their work or attempting a similar task. |
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Ambition and careers |
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Success in drama can lead to careers in:
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Cultural capital, enrichment, and visits |
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Through the study of drama, scholars will be exposed to a range of culturally enriching experiences and knowledge.
Cultural capital within the curriculum: Our curriculum follows the history of theatre, exposing scholars to Greek theatre, mask work, melodrama, pantomime, practitioners, and different styles of theatre. We visit the West End to watch l ive theatre in KS4 and have teamed up for the past few years with THE OLD VIC Schools Club, allowing our scholars to receive workshops from current working practitioners. Live theatre is also shared with scholars online via the National Theatre Drama Library.
Drama's contribution to the enrichment programme: We offer a KS3 Drama/Musical Theatre club, Technical Theatre club and KS4 Drama surgery. Scholars develop their creative skills and work towards performance pieces that are then shown to a live audience in our school concerts and end of term assemblies. We have a selected group of KS3 scholars who spend the second half of the academic year rehearsing once a week towards the school musical at the end of the academic year. We have a technical theatre team which supports backstage during the shows, and experience training in operating the lighting and sound desks.
Drama's contribution to Drop Down Days and the trips and visits programme: Our Drop Down Days in the Autumn term are dedicated to rehearsals with the casts of our Black History and Christmas concerts. We use the other Drop Down Days to intensely work with our Year 10 and 11 drama scholars towards GCSE performances. |