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Performing Arts Department

Departmental Staff

  • Mrs Sinead O’Neill
  • Mrs Emma Pearson

Key Stage 3

What will I study?

Year 8 Year 9 Year 10
Superheroes

 

Mime

 

Explorative Strategies

Working with the Voice

 

Stanislavski

 

Stage and Set Design

Thematic approach to Improvisation

 

Stimulus

 

Script – Stage

 Concert (4)

How will I be assessed?

Portfolio and Practical Assessment

Key Stage 4

What will I study?

Year 11 Year 12
GCSE Drama Year 1

The course is divided into two units:

Unit 1: Understanding Drama; and

Unit 2: Drama Performance.

 

In Unit 1, students study one of the eight set texts listed below:

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare);

Pygmalion (Shaw);

Juno and the Paycock (O’Casey);

The Crucible (Miller);

Philadelphia Here I Come (Friel);

Tea in a China Cup (Reid);

Blood Brothers (Russell); and/or

Across the Barricades (Lingard/adapted by David Ian Neville).

 

Unit 1 is assessed through a compulsory written exam that takes place in the summer of the second year.

Students should be able to demonstrate their knowledge and

understanding of:

• how plays are constructed and realised through the study of

two texts – one prescribed set text and one text chosen for

the compulsory scripted performance task;

• the ways in which meaning is communicated through

drama;

• the social, cultural and historical context of costume,

including style, colour, shape and materials used;

• how to create, interpret and develop a character through

rehearsal work, including improvisation;

• different genres and performance styles, including

background of chosen plays and playwrights;

• a range of specific performance skills and an ability to

evaluate from a personal perspective;

• how to work collaboratively and creatively to achieve shared

dramatic intentions; and

• Drama terminology and how to use it appropriately.

GCSE Drama Year 2

Unit 2: Drama Performance (60%)

 

For this unit students must complete two controlled assessment tasks.

They must complete one compulsory element task and complete one chosen element task.

 

 Section Compulsory

Element

 

Chosen Element Options

1 Scripted Performance Task

2 Devised Performance Task, or

3 Improvisation Task, or

4 Dance Drama Task, or

5 Mime Task, or

6 Design Support Task Students complete

only one from the following:

• costume design;

• set design;

• lighting design; or

• Multimedia design.

Concert (39)

How will I be assessed?

In GCSE Drama, students are assessed against three assessment objectives.

Students must:

AO1: recall, select and communicate their knowledge and understanding of drama to generate, explore and develop ideas;

AO2: apply practical skills to communicate in performance; and

AO3: analyse and evaluate their own work and that of others using appropriate terminology.

Key Stage 5

What will I study?

Year 13 Year 14
CCEA AS Performing Arts

AS 1:

Developing Skills and Repertoire

Internally assessed

Externally moderated

A portfolio, including a summary of research, skills audit, record of work, risk assessment, either live performance or production and presentation, and evaluation

60% of AS

AS 2:

Planning and Realising a Performing Arts Event

Externally set pre-release stimulus material

Externally assessed Supporting document in three sections produced under controlled conditions

Live performance and/or presentation

40% of AS

 

CCEA A2 Performing Arts

A2 1:

Planning for Employment

Internally assessed

Externally moderated

A record of work, including a written report in three sections, promotional portfolio and evaluation

60% of A2

A2 2:

Performing to a Commission Brief

Externally set pre-release stimulus material

Externally assessed

A record of work, including a research report, summary of findings, evidence of tasks completed and evaluation

The evaluation is to be produced under controlled conditions.

Live performance and/or presentation

40% of A2

 Concert (53)

How will I be assessed?

This specification aims to help students to:

Acquire knowledge and understanding of the processes and products of the performing arts industry (AO1);

Acquire skills and techniques in specialist areas (AO2);

Apply skills and techniques in work-related contexts (AO3); and

Analyse and evaluate their own and others’ practice and ideas (AO4).

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