Vision
To develop performance skills and knowledge in a variety of styles to be able to understand, perform and create in a range of performing arts successfully, and develop a passion and enjoyment of the theatre.
Curriculum Overview Key Stage 4 – Years 10-11
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Autumn
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Spring
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Summer
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Year 10
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Unit 2 – Creating
Preparing and developing their ability to create original theatre or music in the form of a piece of drama, dance or a piece of music. Pupils will write their creative brief in response to the exam question set ready to create their final piece in the spring term.
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Unit 2 - Creating
Pupils will be completing the remaining 3 assessment tasks for unit 2 including rehearsing and developing their original piece of theatre/music/dance, keeping a rehearsal journal, performing/presenting their creation to an audience and evaluation the outcomes.
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Unit 1 – Performing
Pupils will prepare and perform a piece of existing theatre or music of their choice in response to a brief set by the exam board. This could be a piece of drama, song, instrumental music or a combined performance. Pupils will also research their piece and state their rational for choosing it, develop a rehearsal schedule, keep a rehearsal journal and evaluate their performance for assessment.
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Knowledge Organiser Link
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Unit 2 KO
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Unit 2 KO
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Unit 1 KO
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Year 11
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Unit 3 – Performing Arts in Practice (mock)
Pupils will develop their ability to plan and market a performing arts event including creation and development of performance material, choosing suitable venues, planning rehearsals, identifying the technical needs of the production such as equipment, different marketing strategies, personnel required and the budget for the event. Pupils will then present their ideas in the form of a business pitch to a panel of staff, including performance of the original material they have produced. Pupils will then have to evaluate the success of their proposal.
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Unit 3 – Performing Arts in Practice
Pupils will complete their final terminal assessment for Unit 3 – performing arts in practice by planning and market a performing arts event in response to the brief released by the exam board. This will include the creation and development of performance material, choosing suitable venues, planning rehearsals, identifying the technical needs of the production such as equipment, different marketing strategies, personnel required and the budget for the event. Pupils will then present their ideas in the form of a business pitch to a panel of staff, including performance of the original material they have produced. Pupils will then have to evaluate the success of their proposal.
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Knowledge Organiser Link
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Unit 3 KO
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Unit 3 KO
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Year 11 Summer Term
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Exam Board Links
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Level 1/2 Vocational award in Performing Arts (eduqas.co.uk)
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Wider Reading
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Extra-curricular opportunities
Dance Club (all years)
Drama Club (KS4)
Music Tech Club (all years)
Band (all years)
Choir (all years)
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Throughout the course, students will be invited to attend school trips to productions at the Mayflower Southampton and/or the Lighthouse Poole and should take full advantage of these trips to aid them to expand their creative ideas by experiencing how other practitioners communicate their ideas to the audience and using this to inform their own practice.
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Other Links (social media, YouTube)
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Career opportunities and resources (UL)
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