Year 7 Drama

We believe that students deserve a broad and ambitious Drama curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge, which immerses students in a range of styles. The curriculum will encourage students to become confident and independent thinkers, who will be able to create original work and critically analyse professional and non-professional repertoire. Students will have an appreciation of their own work and that of others, always demonstrating respect and empathy.

Our Drama curriculum will give students the opportunity to:

  • develop creativity through understanding the benefits of participation in the arts, performance and creativity during their school journey;
  • develop co-operation & collaboration;
  • develop confidence in communication through developing vocal and physical skills;
  • explore social issues though drama to develop tolerance and understanding;
  • be exposed to different peoples’ perspectives and emotions on issues and events;
  • be exposed to and use subject specific vocabulary effectively;
  • study the history and influence of different practitioners on drama;
  • develop an understanding of how to apply and analyse different stylistic qualities such as Naturalism, Physical theatre, Epic theatre and Surrealism;
  • develop an ability to evaluate their own and others’ work.  

Students will be able to work in a state-of-the-art Drama studio that includes curtain and a lighting/sound rig.  We are proud of our performance opportunities here at De Lacy and there will be lots of opportunities for students to perform both in lesson times as well as to a live audience.

Our Year 7 Curriculum Content

The image below explains what our Year 7 students will be learning throughout the year.  To view this in more detail, please click the Year 7 Curriculum Content document below.  To ensure our curriculum is impactful, all our curriculum content is related to our 6 Key Themes. 

Cultural Capital

As part of our curriculum, we ensure that we provide our students the opportunities to broaden their learning through various subject based cultural opportunities.  These vary for each subject but provide an array of activities for both students and families to engage with. These are divided into half term learning opportunities and can be found in the documents below.

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