NATIONAL 5 DRAMA

This purpose of the National 5 Drama course is to enable candidates to develop and use a range of drama skills and production skills.  

Candidates develop practical skills in creating and presenting drama and knowledge and understanding of cultural and social influences on drama. They analyse and evaluate how the use of self-expression, language and movement can develop their ideas for drama. 

They also develop critical-thinking skills as they investigate, develop and apply a range of drama skills and production skills. The course aims to enable candidates to: 

• Generate and communicate thoughts and ideas when creating drama  

• Develop a knowledge and understanding of a range of social and cultural influences on drama  

• Develop a range of skills in presenting drama  

• Develop knowledge and understanding of the use of a range of production skills when presenting drama  

• Explore form, structure, genre and style 

The course is suitable for candidates with a general interest in drama or for those wishing to progress to further levels of study. The learning experiences in the course are flexible and adaptable, with opportunities for personalisation and choice. This makes the qualification highly accessible as it can be contextualised to suit a diverse range of candidates’ needs and aspirations. The course is largely candidate-centred with practical and experiential learning opportunities. 

This course helps candidates to develop broad, generic skills. These skills are based on SQA’s Skills Framework: Skills for Learning, Skills for Life and Skills for Work and draw from the following main skills areas: 

1  Literacy 

1.3 Listening and talking 

3  Health and wellbeing 

3.1 Personal learning 

4  Employability, enterprise and citizenship 

4.3 Working with others 

5  Thinking skills 

5.3 Applying 

5.4 Analysing and evaluating 

5.5 Creating 

Information has been taken directly from the SQA website.