Drama and Theatre Studies

Head of Performing and Creative Arts

Mr. Knowles

Drama and Theatre Studies aims to engage students through encouraging creativity, focusing on practical work which reflects 21st-century theatre practice and developing skills that will support progression to further study of drama and a wide range of other subjects.

This course focuses around a range of playtexts and theatre practitioners which will engage, inspire and challenge students’ views on theatre.

Study will focus on the practical exploration of performance texts, including exploring them in light of the work of theatre practitioners. The performance texts that will be studied for the exam will require students to articulate how they would perform in certain roles, design for certain scenes and interpret a text for performance, putting practical work at the heart of the specification.

Students will develop a multitude of skills, including collaboration, communication and an understanding of how to amend and refine work in order to make a smooth transition to their next level of study or employment.

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5 Top Tips

1. Make sure the students keep up to date with all coursework assignment tasks. After every lesson on coursework units students will have work to complete. Keeping up to date is vital if you want to hit the higher grades on units.

2. VITAL students prepare thoroughly for externally assessed examination units. Exams will be taken in January and June of Year 12 - both these are mandatory units and carry high weighting towards the overall grade

3. Use the feedback provided for coursework units to enable you to hit the higher grades – must be familiar with GOOGLE CLASSROOM to achieve this

4. Make sure students are fully familiar with grading criteria - you must read through the requirements of ALL the Pass, Merit and Distinction grading criteria for each coursework unit. If unsure ask.

5. Attend after school VOCATIONAL SUPPORT CLASS where required. Support classes are generally run every Monday and friday after school and are designed for students to complete work under staff supervision.

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