Year 7

Autumn Term:

Bullying – PSHE link and introduction to tacking issues through  drama. Secrets and Spies – Skills development focus, Drama foundation  techniques such as cross cutting, hot seating, characterisation and  using music to enhance atmosphere.

Spring Term:

The Tempest – the breaking down and studying of performance of  Shakespearean classic plays, gaining knowledge of still image, slow  motion and thoughts aloud.

Summer Term:

African Tales – puppetry making, script writing, and learning about theatre from other cultures.

Year 8

Autumn Term:

Melodrama – Developing performance skills, learning about specific  genres such as mime and stock characters, exploring history of Drama.

The interview – PHSE and IAG link to careers, using Drama to prepare  and take part in a mock interview to support further work in the  Creative Industry and  using Drama skills to support any interviews in  the future

Spring Term: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Learners  use unison, canon, stereotyping and status and should use and reflect on  other skills learnt throughout the phase.

Summer Term: Comedy – Students learn about timing  and develop characterisation further, using prior knowledge and  gathering their drama skills together to culminate in a comedy  performance for a year 7 audience, students also get to work with  costume and prop to enhance their pieces of theatre.

Students have PLC’s specific to  skills in Drama to work towards.  Assessment is this phase in on  practical performance skills on a half termly basis, students are  assessed on the skills they have learnt at the end of each topic through  performance.

The focuses of the PLCs are Vocal Expression, Body Language, Facial Expression and Evaluation.