• EXAM BOARD: AQA • ENTRY CRITERIA: 5 IN ENGLISH PREFERRED • HEAD: MRS HEATHCOTE NHEATHCOTE4@HAYDONSCHOOOL.COM A Level Drama and Theatre offers students the opportunity to explore drama as a practical art form, in which ideas and meaning are communicated to an audience through choices of form, style and convention. The course inspires students to become independent theatre makers. The course explores a range of texts through practical performance and the theoretical analysis of drama. Students must think critically and use a range of problem solving techniques to help them prepare for their future careers. CURRICULUM Year 1 - Autumn 1: An Introduction to Drama Autumn 2 to Spring 2: Component 1 – A Servant to Two Masters and Our Country’s Good Summer 1 and 2: Component 2 – Creating Original Drama. Students will devise, rehearse and per- form an original piece of theatre in front of an audience. As part of the project they will study a key practitioner who will influence their work. They will also create a working notebook documenting their creative process. Year 2 Autumn 1: Creating Original Drama - continued. Autumn 2 to Spring 1: Component 3 – Making Theatre The students practically explore three extracts from different plays. The extracts will be explored through a series of teacher-led workshops. Students will then formally present one of these extracts to an audience and examiner. They will be required to produce a reflective report in which they analyse their theatrical interpretation of the extracts. Summer 1 and 2: Revision. ASSESSMENT On going practical and written assessment tasks: Component 1: 3 hour written exam worth 80 marks (40% of A Level) Component 2: Creating Original Drama (30% of A Level): Working notebook 40 marks; Devised Performance 20 marks. Component 3: Making Theatre (30% of A Level): Performance of an Extract 40 marks; Reflective Report 20 marks. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES *Performer *Director *Theatre Technician *Lawyer *Drama Therapist *Community Arts Worker *Arts Administrator *Teacher *Politician *University Lecturer *Learning and Development. WE ARE PROUD That a number of our alumni have gone to Dra- ma Schools including Guildford School of Acting and LIPA. Our students with an A level in Drama & Theatre Studies also have gone on to study a range of degree level subjects including Drama, English, Law, Computing, and Teaching.
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Hillingdon |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Wiltshire Lane, Eastcote, Pinner, HA5 2LX |
• EXAM BOARD: AQA • ENTRY CRITERIA: 5 IN ENGLISH PREFERRED • HEAD: MRS HEATHCOTE NHEATHCOTE4@HAYDONSCHOOOL.COM A Level Drama and Theatre offers students the opportunity to explore drama as a practical art form, in which ideas and meaning are communicated to an audience through choices of form, style and convention. The course inspires students to become independent theatre makers. The course explores a range of texts through practical performance and the theoretical analysis of drama. Students must think critically and use a range of problem solving techniques to help them prepare for their future careers. CURRICULUM Year 1 - Autumn 1: An Introduction to Drama Autumn 2 to Spring 2: Component 1 – A Servant to Two Masters and Our Country’s Good Summer 1 and 2: Component 2 – Creating Original Drama. Students will devise, rehearse and per- form an original piece of theatre in front of an audience. As part of the project they will study a key practitioner who will influence their work. They will also create a working notebook documenting their creative process. Year 2 Autumn 1: Creating Original Drama - continued. Autumn 2 to Spring 1: Component 3 – Making Theatre The students practically explore three extracts from different plays. The extracts will be explored through a series of teacher-led workshops. Students will then formally present one of these extracts to an audience and examiner. They will be required to produce a reflective report in which they analyse their theatrical interpretation of the extracts. Summer 1 and 2: Revision. ASSESSMENT On going practical and written assessment tasks: Component 1: 3 hour written exam worth 80 marks (40% of A Level) Component 2: Creating Original Drama (30% of A Level): Working notebook 40 marks; Devised Performance 20 marks. Component 3: Making Theatre (30% of A Level): Performance of an Extract 40 marks; Reflective Report 20 marks. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES *Performer *Director *Theatre Technician *Lawyer *Drama Therapist *Community Arts Worker *Arts Administrator *Teacher *Politician *University Lecturer *Learning and Development. WE ARE PROUD That a number of our alumni have gone to Dra- ma Schools including Guildford School of Acting and LIPA. Our students with an A level in Drama & Theatre Studies also have gone on to study a range of degree level subjects including Drama, English, Law, Computing, and Teaching.