Our Aims:

• A rich and challenging curriculum

• Opportunities to excite and open minds

• Passionate, specialist teachers

• A happy and supportive community

Our Students:

• Global citizens and leaders

• Cultured, empathetic contributors

• Creative solutionists

• Healthy, fulfilled individuals

Drama Vision:

What do we do and Why do we do it?

Drama at Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is taught as an explicit subject and so immediately differs from most students’ Key Stage 2 experience. Drama at Borlase builds on the sense of fun, the sense of personal growth and the development of skills that are part of primary school life. At Borlase we seek to generate a greater sense of independence and create more opportunities for autonomy, especially in terms of the students responding to stimuli in their own way and managing the creative process. At all points, the teacher is there as a guide and a facilitator.

The other thing that is of vital importance is generating a team spirit within each class, and then again within the groups. Drama is a performance subject; something the students can find daunting. Therefore, the intention with every class is to build a safe and comfortable environment for each individual to deliver their best. This is very much led by the teacher in terms of creating the parameters for how the class operates when working together, watching each other and giving feedback.