Key Stage 3 Drama at Kingsdown

Drama at KS3 is taught in mixed ability groups once a fortnight at Kingsdown School. The work at KS3 provides the building blocks for KS4 GCSE Drama as well as developing communication, teamwork and problem solving skills that will help our students in all facets of their lives.

Example schemes of work :

• Year 7 : Intro to Drama, Mime & Movement, Group work.
• Year 8 : Peer Pressure, Physical Theatre, Sound & Music.
• Year 9 : Status, Melodrama, Masks.

Drama is a popular subject at Kingsdown and ex-curricular Drama is well attended with performances taking place in the school's newly refurbished main hall.

Previous school productions have included Grease, Bye Bye Birdie & Little Shop of Horrors.

Key Stage 4 GCSE Drama

Is this the right subject for me?

Do you enjoy :

• Expressing yourself in an active and exciting way?
• Working in a group?
• Contributing your own ideas and respecting those of others?
• Exploring ideas by putting yourself in other people's shoes?
• Playing many parts in different imaginary situations?
• Creating your own drama work?
• Looking at plays written by other people?

If you have answered yes to any of the above, then GCSE Drama could be the ideal course for you.

What do I need to know, or be able to do, before taking this course?

You will probably have had experience of drama during Key Stage 3 in drama lessons. You may also be a member of a drama club outside of school. Any of these experiences will help if you choose drama as a GCSE subject. You will develop your improvisation and acting skills to a higher level. You will also look at plays in more detail and at different ways of bringing a script to life on stage.

What will I learn?

You will learn how drama is created, including all the acting and staging skills that are needed to put a piece of drama on the stage. You will learn how to create a character and play this character in a performance.

You will also learn many other skills that are highly valued in any walk of life. These include teamwork and confidently presenting yourself in public.

Assessment

Will be mainly practical with no written examination but you will be required to keep a written record of your practical work.

You will also be required to perform in a play that will be assessed by a visiting examiner.

If you have any further questions then speak to Mr Lawson.

Mr S Lawson
Head of Drama