Drama & Performance

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Aims

  1. To encourage pupils to develop drama skills
  2. To develop pupils' confidence and communication skills
  3. To develop pupils' self awareness and awareness of others.
  4. To promote understanding of others
  5. To nurture a love of the performing arts.

Delivery

The syllabus is delivered primarily through the exploration of theatre games, improvisation, group collaboration, and scripted performances.  In each term each class learns a variety of approaches to performance and acting,  Drama is not dependent on an audience, although the pupils learn to critically appraise their own work, but it is a spontaneous creative enactment of fiction within a private sphere.

LAMDA Exam Results
Year % Pass Rate Pass Grade Merit Distinction
2008 100 15% 61% 24%
2009 100 12% 70%

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