Drama Curriculum

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Anyone have a copy of it? especially related to private schools. and especially for years 7 - 9 ?

Years Seven and Eight
During the two years, students are taught practical skills and how to use these to create their own drama. Activities are focussed towards encouraging the boys to produce thoughtful work that is shaped for a specific purpose and audience.

That is for DH school which is private boys

K9, thank you for that. What sort of skills are they taught? Is it all towards performance?

Sorry don't know more than that

DH is Head of Chemistry so copied it off school website

These links are all to do with National Curriculum, so not sure if useful for private, but may help....
\link{http://www.nc.uk.net/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=6001&Session/@id=D_xgSNY0UjHl5S36cyExce&POS[@stateId_eq_main]/@id=6164&POS[@stateId_eq_note]/@id=6164\here (scroll down to 'drama' bit)} , \link{http://www.ite.org.uk/ite_topics/drama_secondary/005.php\here} and
\link{http://www.teachit.co.uk/index.asp?M=10&A=11&S=93&Z=1#S93\here}, HTH

This is the full stuff on website

Curriculum Drama and Theatre Studies

We aim to develop the boys’ appreciation for, and understanding of, Drama. As well as those skills that are specific to drama, students build upon their communication, cooperation, and confidence. Opportunities in and out of the classroom complement one another to allow for a full and rewarding experience.

Drama is taught as a curriculum subject in years seven and eight, and Theatre Studies is an option at AS and A2 level. We are also looking to introduce GCSE Drama as of September 2006.

Years Seven and Eight
During the two years, students are taught practical skills and how to use these to create their own drama. Activities are focussed towards encouraging the boys to produce thoughtful work that is shaped for a specific purpose and audience.

Theatre Studies A-Level
An in-depth look into theatre during different stages in history: students study leading practitioners and classic texts through both theory and practice; they will also devise and act in their own productions.

really helpful gladbag, thanks

This is Scotland, so may not be much use, but the Drama dept website for the school ds will be going to is very good- it's \link{http://www.boroughmuir.edin.sch.uk/departments/drama.htm\here}

Yay beety hope it all pans out

the big big big one has some up Marina...the best of the whole bunch

xoxoxoxo

Are you going for a job beety?

If so hope you get it

You will be deffo brill

Private schools may or may not choose to follow state school curriculum. I would imagine they would want more than the basics.

There are some great curriculum resources on the web. The sort of thing I would look to be covered is drama games (with a purpose eg. focus, trust) improvisation to develop characterisation and imagination. Devising leading to scripping. Knowledge of different genres and theatre history. Approaches to scriptwork, interpreatation etc. directing, learning basic theatrecraft terms

juliet, that is great..are you a drama teacher?

It is all stuff that we did when I trained but as I have not been in education for a while I need to remind myself before I apply.
Thanks K9...who are you? are you a name changer or a newbie?

Was a drama teacher in a state school many moons ago - it isn't always focussed on performance in the traditional sense of the word (in fact I generally didn't do that kind of work until year 9 and into the exam groups...) A lot more focus was placed on using drama as a learning tool...Check out people like Dorothy Heathcote and Gavin Boulton (may all be old hat now of course....)

blackduck, that is what i did, issue based stuff. Hoevwer, it is not the same in private. BUT the skills are the same ..you need the same skills to do issue based stuff as perfrmance stuff. You still need to be able to create a role and be beliveable. I guess alot of it is how I want to teach the skills that they need. Do i gear it towards perfmrmace, text work etc or do Ilook at DH type stuff...or both..

Personally I'd do both.....I generally started with years 7 and 8 trying to focus on the issue stuff rather than the 'performance' IYSWIM, because I wanted them to undertand that drama isn't purely about performance in the traditional sense of the word....by year 9 you can kind of bring it all together.....

Yes that sounds like fun to me to Blackduck. I enjoy the DH stuff.. and getting the kids to question life around them.

Met Dorothy once - formidable lady....
good luck with the job Beety...

My mum has worked with her in the past....thanks...

I'm not a teacher but dh employs drama teachers for out of school classes so I have picked a lot up. I started off doing a joing drama/music degree but chenged to single honours music after 12 months due to timetable clashes.

I know that dd's private school offers LAMDA to its students, not sure whether this is as an optional extra or part of the main curriculum as she is only in the nursery as yet.

Could also want stuff like creating and using puppets (various types), designing and making props, sets, costumes, make up - for example in conjunction with Eng. dept. and texts studied in English. We did some of this - I used to teach Eng and Drama in the state sector.

I sometimes think that the subject I did at school which added the most to my career was drama.

Well, those of us who work in theatre education and agree with you completely, wish more of the business world thought likewise DC. Unless you were being sarcastic of course.
Best of luck beety - I think you would be a wow at this :)

Marina, thank yo..
\BNot sure how to take DC comment.but luckliy I dont give a toss!!