Drama

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Drama is a practical subject.  In Drama at JGHS, there will be an emphasis on skills development and the application of those skills.  Naturally, any student considering a career within the theatre industries will elect to take this subject on for National 5 and Higher.  However, Drama is not just about acting.  The aims of Drama in JGHS are to:

• Develop creativity and skills in problem solving, critical thinking and reflective practice
• Communicate thoughts, meaning and ideas when creating drama and using theatre arts, production skills and technologies
• Develop knowledge, understanding and appreciation of drama practice
• Develop student’s confidence to be able to work independently and collaboratively with others to create believable and realistic drama
• Develop student’s confidence to be able to present believable and realistic drama through acting, directing or production skills
• Develop student’s confidence to be reflective and evaluate their own work and that of others

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Broad General Education

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All S1 and S2 pupils receive 1 hour of Drama / Media per week.  Therefore, the time is split between both subjects.  In S1 students will have Drama from Aug – Dec and then change to Media from Jan – June.  In S2 this changes to a unit by unit approach starting with a Unit of Drama (Aug-Oct), changing to a Unit of Media (Oct-Jan) and then finishing with a combined unit (Feb-June).  The courses are aligned to the BGE Expressive Arts, Literacy and Health and Wellbeing benchmarks and offer opportunities to develop skills through a variety of practical based activities.

In S1 and S2 students’ progress from experimenting with movement, expression and voice into presenting scripted drama and then developing and sustaining realistic characters.  Students will gain confident in performing to each other and giving/accepting constructive comments both verbally and through written work.

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