Drama

Year 9

Term 1

Refugee Boy

  • Pupils will analyse the themes and characters in the play.   

    Pupils will be able to understand the protagonist’s experience of life and empathise with him.  

    Pupils will continue their safe use of the Drama studio. 

    They will rehearse, perform their own work & evaluate that of others as well as their own.  

  • Empathy, asylum, refugee, stage direction, stage space, status, positioning, tension, monologue, cross-cutting.

  • Visit the theatre, watch live performances online, read fiction, and keep abreast of current affairs.

  • Refugee Boy play/ novel. Extra-curricular opportunities are integral to our curriculum, we will be offering a whole school production.  

Term 2

Blood Brothers

  • Pupils will complete a half term’s exploration of Willy Russell’s ‘Blood Brothers’. They will use the text to explore the themes and artistic intention of the play. This will prepare them for C2 of the BTEC next year, where they perform a published text.  

    Pupils will understand the context of Blood Brothers through analysing the themes and characters in the play both practically and through theory. 

    They will apply their understanding of contrast in their characterisation. Compare the ways in which working class families and middle-class families are treated in the play. Analyse the significance of the Narrator in Blood Brothers. Show understanding of why Mrs. Lyons becomes unstable. Apply their understanding of the climax of Blood Brothers. 

    Pupils already have knowledge of the play from studying it in English and will deepen this in Drama. Pupils will continue their safe use of the Drama studio. They will respond to the stimuli of the lesson, discuss it, work in groups to explore it and use the stage space including lighting, sound and set to perform their end product. 

    In order to rehearse, pupils will respond to stimuli such as extracts of text, video clips, props and songs. This exploration will enable them to perform their own work. After this they will evaluate their own performances and those of their peers to identify suitable targets for improvement and work to implement these across the half term.  

  • Class, contrast, superstition, fate, dramatic irony, narrator, mental health.

  • Visit the theatre, watch live performances online, read fiction, and keep abreast of current affairs.

  • Watch live production of the play online.

    Extra-curricular opportunities are integral to our curriculum, we will be offering a Musical Theatre club and whole school production.

Term 3

Responding to a brief

  • Pupils will devise performances based on a different stimulus each week.  This will prepare them for C3 of the BTEC next year. Pupils will create performances for different audiences and purposes using various genres, styles, conventions and traditions successfully by the end of KS3.  

    Understand how to respond to a stimulus such as poems, photos, songs, articles, videos, and stories through discussion and practical exploration activities. 

    Pupils will:  

    Understand how to respond to a stimulus. 

    Select and develop skills and techniques in response to a stimulus. 

     Apply skills and techniques in a performance in response to a stimulus 

     Evaluate the development process and outcome. 

    Pupils will continue their safe use of the Drama studio. They will analyse the stimuli via annotation, identify key themes, develop these into plots and ensure actors have equal dialogue in their characterisations. Lighting, sound and set will also contribute to their artistic intention/ communication of meaning to the audience. 

    Pupils’ practical exploration will enable them to perform their own work. After this they will evaluate their own performances and those of their peers to identify suitable targets for improvement and work to implement these across the half term.   

  • Stimuli, devising, annotate, compromise, mind map, thought track, mark the moment, narration 

    Drama is the perfect vehicle to develop the vital skills of independence, appreciation, concentration, cooperation, confidence, creativity, communication and critical thinking. 

  • Visit the theatre, watch live performances online, read fiction, and keep abreast of current affairs.

    Pupils will be encouraged to analyse their everyday experiences/ surrounding through their interaction with media and human relationships, in order to transfer their insight into their devising work. Pupils will be able to participate in the MAT production, attend theatre trips and attend extracurricular Drama club.   

  • Extra-curricular opportunities are integral to our curriculum, we will be offering a Musical Theatre club and whole school production.