Key Stage Three Drama Year 7 Year 7 Year 7 Year 7 Year 7 Year 7 Half Term 1 Half Term 2 Half Term 3 Half Term 4 Half Term 5 Half Term 6 The Old The Pied Piper: The Greeks: Matilda: Stereotypes: Improvisation: Miser/The Burglary: skills and Exploration of Development Exploration of Devising Mime and freeze frame Greek of characters equality in drama through group work through mythology through script society use of a improvisation through use of work through hot variety of Baseline masks and seating stimuli assessment chorus Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 Year 8 Half Term 1 Half Term 2 Half Term 2 Half Term 2 Half Term 2 Half Term 2 Trapped: Darkwood Homelessness: Commedia Bullying: At the Night Manor/Christmas dell’arte and Circus: Exploration Carol Script work - comedy Devised work of use of duologues and in groupos Physical space and the Physical theatre monologues Historical theatre from fourth wall and storytelling context of stimuli using stock music and characters circus skills Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Year 9 Half Term 1 Half Term 2 Half Term 3 Half Term 4 Half Term 5 Half Term 6 Loop and Blood Brothers: Power of Elizabethan Modernising Tasks of Ambiguous Social Media: Theatre: Fairytales: Production: dialogues: Development of script work and Improvisation Shakespearean Devising Exploration of Interpretation characterisation based around language and modern drama technical of texts social drama stage combat using Roald aspects of Dahl as a Drama – stimulus sound, lighting, makeup and set design Key Stage Four: GCSE Drama Aims of the course: Learners are encouraged to: apply knowledge and understanding when making, performing and responding to drama explore performance texts, understanding their social, cultural and historical context including the theatrical conventions of the period in which they were created
Key Stage Three Drama Year 7 Half Term 1 Year 7 Half Term 2 Year 7 Half Term 3 Year 7 Half Term 4 Year 7 Half Term 5 Year 7 Half Term 6 The Old Miser/The Burglary: Mime and group work Baseline assessment The Pied Piper: skills and freeze frame through improvisation The Greeks: Exploration of Greek mythology through use of masks and chorus Matilda: Development of characters through script work Stereotypes: Exploration of equality in society through hot seating Improvisation: Devising drama through use of a variety of stimuli Year 8 Half Term 1 Year 8 Half Term 2 Year 8 Half Term 2 Year 8 Half Term 2 Year 8 Half Term 2 Year 8 Half Term 2 Trapped: Exploration of use of space and the fourth wall Darkwood Manor/Christmas Carol Physical theatre and storytelling Homelessness: Script work - duologues and monologues Commedia dell’arte and comedy Historical context of stock characters Bullying: Devised work in groupos At the Night Circus: Physical theatre from stimuli using music and circus skills Year 9 Half Term 1 Year 9 Half Term 2 Year 9 Half Term 3 Year 9 Half Term 4 Year 9 Half Term 5 Year 9 Half Term 6 Loop and Ambiguous dialogues: Interpretation of texts Blood Brothers: Development of script work and characterisation Power of Social Media: Improvisation based around social drama Elizabethan Theatre: Shakespearean language and stage combat Modernising Fairytales: Devising modern drama using Roald Dahl as a stimulus Tasks of Production: Exploration of technical aspects of Drama – sound, lighting, makeup and set design Key Stage Four: GCSE Drama Aims of the course: Learners are encouraged to: apply knowledge and understanding when making, performing and responding to drama explore performance texts, understanding their social, cultural and historical context including the theatrical conventions of the period in which they were created