Whitcliffe Mount Business & Enterprise Collage

Year 9

Autumn Term
• TV and Film Themes: Using TV and film techniques to create drama
• Teenage Crime: Reasons and consequences
• Eye Contact: Using and experimenting with dramatic silence
• Alcohol: A study of addiction
• Bootcamp: A drama that explores problem teenagers sent away by parents

Spring Term
• Narration: Experimenting with telling stories using Jack and the Beanstalk as a model.
• Breaking Bad News:How this effects parents and students.
• John Godber: Exploring the work of one of Britain’s playwrights.
• Barriers: How we use barriers against peer pressure.
• The wreck of the Migonette: Drama around a real story.
• Anything to declare?: Creating tension using a drug smuggling scenario.

Summer Term
• Comedy: A series of lessons on physical and verbal comedy.
• Teenage Runaways: An exploration of the reasons for people leaving home.
• Growing Up: A series of lessons about the pressure of growing up.
• Victorian London and the Costermongers: A historical project about London’s poor

Year 10

Autumn Term
• Mystery Pictures: Students are introduced by teacher in role to the case of a disturbed young girl. Students will devise , act and perform using various explorative strategies.
• A Family at War: Students explore a family’s reaction to the horrific events of World War One. Devising – performing and the use of further explorative strategies are involved .

Spring Term
• John Godber: A deeper look at Godbers work using his plays ‘Teechers’ and ‘Bouncers’ using multi role play skills.
• Greek Tragedy: An exploration of the origins of all western drama.

Summer Term
• The Sound of Silence: In response to the lyrics of the famous song and concentrating on speech and movement. Students create a play for a performance to a chosen audience.

Year 11

Autumn Term
• Commedia Dell Arte: An exploration of this influential style of comedy
• The Fool on the Hill: Students create an in depth play in response to the lyrics of the famous song. Students must concentrate on using movement , imagination , focus , character history and writing in role.

Spring Term
• Alan Ayckbourne: Students will explore and perform the work of Britain’s best known playwright .

Summer Term
• Students will concentrate on finishing and improving written coursework.