TRINITY 2

Improvisation Skills. 

Key Procedural Knowledge:
Practical Work:
Accepting, Blocking, Trust,
Trust exercises
Simply be, character objective, Emotional subtexts, whole group role play.

Key Disciplinary Knowledge:
Team building skills. Role of improvisation in devised drama.

Key Procedural Knowledge:  

PLTs:
Creative Thinkers.
Team Workers.
Reflective Learners.
Self-Manager.

Character / Christian Values:
Creation, community, service, Resilience, Confidence, Determination.
Grit

MICHAELMAS 1

Continue Improvisation
Skills, for 3 weeks then into Shakespeare’s Theatre – Creating Tension 

Key Procedural Knowledge:
Practical Work:
Accepting, Blocking, Trust,
Trust exercises
Simply be, character objective, Emotional subtexts, whole group role play, 

Key Disciplinary Knowledge:
Team building skills. Role of improvisation in devised drama.

Key Substantive
Knowledge: Architecture of the globe theatre, Generating tension. 
Laban techniques to govern style of movement and line delivery.
Using costume to support plot and themes of a performance.  

PLTs:
Creative Thinkers
Team Workers
Reflective Learners
Self-Manager

Character / Christian Values:
Creation, community, service,
Resilience, Confidence,
Determination. Grit, Tolerance and Respect

MICHAELMAS 2

Shakespeare’s Theatre – Romeo and Juliet.  – Creating Conflict. 

Key Procedural Knowledge: 
Practical Work:
Space, levels, Focus, body language, gesture, facial expression, Use of voice, journey of a scene, stage fighting techniques, Empathy, thought tracking, Showing subtext, 

Key Substantive Knowledge: 
Facts about the Elizabethan theatre and its position within British Culture. 
Position of Romeo and Juliet as a canonical text and a signifier of division and social change. 

Key Disciplinary Knowledge:
Architecture of the globe theatre, Generating tension.  Laban techniques to govern style of movement and line delivery. Empathy, Script analysis – punctuation, line endings and imagery

PLTs:
Creative Thinkers
Team Workers
Reflective Learners
Self-Manager  

Character / Christian Values:
Creation, community, service,
Resilience, Confidence,

LENT 1

1960’s to Now – Conventions of Modern British Theatre

Key Procedural Knowledge: 
Practical Work:
Space, levels, Focus, body language, gesture, facial expression, Use of voice,  Importance of the small,  Monologue, Building Physical Theatre Motifs. 
Performance preparation timetable. 

Key Substantive Knowledge: 
Overview of the progression of representation, style and genre in British Theatre from 1960 to the present. 

Key Disciplinary Knowledge:
Realism, Stanislavsky, Brecht
Alienation, Physical theatre,
Genre, 

Written Work: 
Theatre company research

PLTs:
Creative Thinkers
Team Workers
Reflective Learners
Self-Manager 

Character / Christian Values:
Creation, community, service,
Resilience, Confidence,
Determination. Grit, Tolerance,
Respect

LENT 2

1960’s to Now – Conventions of Modern British Theatre

Key Procedural Knowledge:
Practical Work:
Space, levels, Focus, body language, gesture, facial expression, Use of voice,  Importance of the small,  Monologue, Building Physical Theatre Motifs. 
Performance preparation timetable. 

Key Substantive Knowledge: 
Overview of the progression of representation, style and genre in British Theatre from 1960 to the present. 

Key Disciplinary Knowledge:
Realism, Stanislavsky Brecht
Alienation, Physical theatre,
Genre, 

Written Work: 
Theatre company research

PLTs:
Creative Thinkers
Team Workers
Reflective Learners
Self-Manager
 

Character / Christian Values:
Creation, community, service,
Resilience, Confidence,
Determination. Grit, Tolerance,
Respect

TRINITY 1

Blood Brothers – Context and Creating Character. 

Key Procedural Knowledge Practical Work: 
Space, levels, Focus, body language, gesture, facial expression, Use of voice, Analysis of the journey of a scene, 

Key Substantive Knowledge: 
Work of Willy Russell Historical Context, dramatic mission. 

Key Disciplinary Knowledge: 
Musical Theatre
Realistic Style
Stanislavsky
Hot seating
Interpreting Script to develop character. 

PLTs:
Creative Thinkers
Team Workers
Reflective Learners
Self-Manager

Character / Christian Values:
Creation, community, service,
Resilience, Confidence,
Determination. Grit, Tolerance,
Respect