Drama

The aim of Drama is to provide the students with experiences in which the intellect, the emotions, the imagination and the body are all involved and developed through expression, performance, observation and reflection.

Drama is a form of action in which some aspect of human experience is portrayed: it is an exploration of experiences and situations through enactment. In Drama, students learn about themselves and others by creating characters and situations. Drama provides a powerful means of exploring the way people react and respond to different situations, issues and ideas.

Drama provides a particularly valuable means of increasing selfconfidence and social awareness. Students are involved physically as well as emotionally and intellectually: the students learn through doing. Drama is, moreover, a co-operative process through which students develop their ability to share and communicate.

Drama for years 7 to 10 is also an elective course. Students may study:

• Improvisation and Playbuilding
• Dramatic Forms
• The Reading and Writing of Scripts as Texts for Performance
• Performance Spaces and Conventions of Theatre
• Technical Aspects of Production
• Experience of Dramatic
• Experience of Dramatic Presentations
• Discussion, Reading and Writing about Drama and Theatre.

A syllabus is a document that gives teachers an outline of what students are to be taught in a specific learning area.

The syllabus and other supporting materials for Drama 7-10 are available from the Board of Studies.