Drama
Drama is a subject that allows students to express themselves creatively while developing confidence, communication skills, and teamwork. At The Grange School, we value drama as an engaging part of secondary education, helping students explore ideas, characters, and themes through performance and practical work.
Key Stage 3
Year 7
Year 7 start their drama course by studying important key skills and performance techniques, learning how to devise and create a character, structure performances and evaluate work. Next, they will use William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ as inspiration for a journey on a deserted island developing their techniques. They then have the opportunity to study World War II through the scripted play ‘Evacuees’. Ending the year focusing on theatre history as they look back in time at Ancient Greek Theatre, following the turbulent story of Athena and Arachne.
Year 8
Year 8 begins with students developing key skills and techniques with an initial focus on Aristotelian structures, followed by the historical events of the Titanic, taking students through a timeline of this great tragedy. Students will then get the opportunity to explore the intriguing script 'Sparkle Shark' and end Year 8 studying theatre history through the Shakespeare play ‘Macbeth’.
Year 9
In Year 9, we aim to encourage students to learn the skills needed at GCSE. We start with improvising and devising skills which explores a wide range of naturalistic and abstract ways of creating performance through studying influential drama practitioners such as, Konstantin Stanislavski and Bertolt Brecht. Following this, we look at the exciting play 'Around the World in 80 Days and end the year consolidating students knowledge of skills, techniques, scripted work and appreciation.
Throughout Key Stage Three, students will be assessed periodically on their practical work.
Key Stage 4 - Options Information
Exam board and Specification: AQA GCSE Drama
