Why do kids study drama and why does it get so many hours in the Curriculum

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AllotmentMum · 04/10/2009 23:55

There are lots of things about today's secondary schools that this old grammar school girl doesn't understand. DD's Year 8 timetable is one of them. Can anyone explain to me the point of drama, and why it gets more classroom time that English, maths or science, and more than twice the hours given over to both modern languages combined. Any teachers out there who can bring me up to date?

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bruffin · 05/10/2009 08:09

One school I visited had dropped history to once a week in YR 7 for drama. I was a bit schocked and asked why and was told that because some exams now require some sort of presentation that they felt this was the way forward.

2 years ago when DS started his school, a term of drama was included in PSHE. DD has just started yr7 and has one period of Drama in her timetable, but they have dropped doing 2 languages in year 7. They used to have 2 periods a week german and another 2 in French. Now they have 3 periods of French. I am much happier about this as I felt 2 languages was too much to start with.

magentadreamer · 05/10/2009 06:53

Is the school a Performing Arts specialist college? My DD gets one lesson a week and would love more. Does your DD still do Music and Art? At my DDs school all 3 subjects are taught by the Arts dept and DD often grumbles about the fact in yr8 they should have been able to drop Music and do more Art or Drama.

BecauseImWorthIt · 04/10/2009 23:57

Well - drama is the study of dramatic texts, i.e. plays, and how they should be staged/acted/produced. It's a very academic/intellectual subject, in the way that English Literature is.

Not sure about the number of hours/why there is so much time dedicated to it, relative to other subjects.

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