The Drama course aims to develop skills of creativity, self-confidence, concentration, self-discipline and communication.  It should encourage a development of self and group awareness together with the ability to appreciate and evaluate the work of others including the ways playwrights achieve their effects.

The aims of the course should be realised through three activities.

Two will be from the following coursework options:

• Devised thematic work for
• Acting performance to an audience
• Theatre in Education presentation for performance to a KS3 group
• Improvisation.

The third will be a written examination based on stduents’ coursework, a text studied in class and responses to live productions seen during the course – students will write on these for 1 ½ hours in a formal examination.

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

The examination will assess the candidate’s ability in practical drama skills necessary for the realisation of a presentation to an audience, their knowledge and understanding of plays and other types of performance from a performance perspective and their ability to analyse the effectiveness of their own and others’ work with sensitivity.

SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT WILL BE:

60%    internally assessed and externally moderated coursework
40%    written examination which is externally set and marked.
Board AQA