Drama

‘Article 31 of the Conventions on the Rights of the Child – guarantees children the opportunity to have fun, play, rest and enjoy cultural and artistic activities’.

George Green's Drama department recognises that artistic activities are essential for the development, well-being, and dignity of the child, thus we promote this right for all our students in Drama regardless of their age, ability, or circumstance.

We are proud to have an inclusive drama department, where all pupils feel comfortable and confident in lessons. Our drama lessons are collaborative, where pupils are supportive and encouraging of one another’s ideas, performances and contributions. At GGS, teachers nurture pupil’s creativity so that every pupil’s voice is not only heard but empowered. We have high expectations for our pupils, who are continuously challenged to achieve their very best.

In Drama, we enable our students to be both creative and reflective. Students have the opportunity to discover their identity through a curriculum that is varied, exciting and highly creative. The curriculum is broad and diverse, taking our students through the historical journey of drama and performing, as we explore various genres and styles of theatre across KS3 and 4. The Drama curriculum is lead with a heavy focus on expert modelling. Teachers in the drama department lead by example as they perform, devise and evaluate, inspiring our pupils to meet the same high levels of performance and be the best they can be.

Furthermore, our extra-curricular provision gives pupils the opportunity to learn about themselves, their culture and the world around them through theatre. Our ethos of inclusivity also extends to our extra-curricular programme which has a place for all pupils. While some pupils might find themselves performing a lead Shakespearean role, others may be behind the scenes, working back-stage or orchestrating the set design. In addition to this, pupils receive regular opportunities to watch live theatre and take part in workshops led by visiting professionals.

At George Green’s School, the drama department serves as a springboard for pupil growth and expression, a place where pupils can explore, create and collaborate in a highly supportive and inclusive environment. We strive to inspire a lifelong passion for the arts, igniting a sense of empowerment and belonging. Pupils are supported to become confident, compassionate and creative individuals who will be positive change makers in their communities and the wider world around them.

Key Stage 3 Drama

What you will study

In Drama, students ultimately explore theatrical customs and conventions, traditions, style and performance, in the context of theatre from across the world and across a range of genres. 

Aims

Students will learn how to develop a range of approaches to performing.

They will: 

• Be introduced to key theatrical conventions that they will develop overtime during the schemes of learning. 

• Gain knowledge and understanding on how to use these conventions to develop meaningful performances, which will be genuinely reflective of the world we live in, and “understands audiences of all backgrounds and invites and welcomes them in”.

• Devise, perform and evaluate their own and others work

• Explore play texts, theatre practitioners, genre-based theatre, physical theatre, devising, review technical and design elements (lighting, sound, set, and costume), as well as live theatre performances.

Curriculum Map

Drama gives voice to what is not known to the other - to the neglected and marginal; to things that might be. This is its power – it offers hope because it goes beyond ‘what is’ and is able to articulate a sense of ‘what might be’.

Drama gives students the chance to be thoroughly creative and at the same time deeply analytical. It gives students the opportunity to discover their identity through their theatre making. Drama gives voice to what is not known to the other - to the neglected and marginal; to things that might be. This is its power – it offers hope because it goes beyond ‘what is’ and is able to articulate a sense of ‘what might be’.

A profound aesthetic experience provides knowledge of a world beyond what we know. Drama can shed light on experiences that have been previously neglected by more mainstream forms of learning and study. It is through the aesthetic, that we can come to understand feelings, emotions and values that lie outside the grasp of reason and conventional forms of knowledge. 

Aims

As a part of the Expressive Arts faculty, the Drama curriculum embeds three themes. At George Green's, we: 

• equip all children with the knowledge, skills and understandings to make high quality drama.
• induct all children into existing cultures of making drama, with the potential for the regeneration and creative transformation of practice. (Article 31)
• enable all children to become unique individuals, subjectively enriched and able to know a sense of personal freedom, even emancipation through their drama work.

KS3 Drama Curriculum Map per Year Group

KS3 Drama Curriculum Intent per Year Group

Key Stage 4 Drama

Exam Board : AQA

Contact our Department

Head of Drama: Ms Oge Eke, oeke@georgegreens.com