Year 11 - Drama

Drama encompasses fundamental life skills which enable students to explore their own and others’ cultures, and interact, support, and encourage each other through practical processes. Year 11 drama offers a unique opportunity for your child to develop fundamental life skills while also exploring different cultures and interacting with their peers through practical processes. Students who take this course will develop their ability to explore characterisation, sustain and develop a role through a variety of performances throughout the course. In this course, students will learn about drama elements, techniques, technologies, and conventions, as well as different New Zealand playwrights, theatre types, and performance styles. They will be involved in devising their own performances, studying a theatre form or genre, and performing in a play to a live audience. Plus, they will have the opportunity to see at least one live professional theatre performance and participate in practical workshops with industry professionals when possible. 

This course will provide your child with a unique and enriching experience that will not only benefit their education but also their personal growth and development.

The course will enable students to:

• Develop communication skills through drama practice
• Understand the historical, social, and cultural context of their work
• Use their imagination, thoughts, and emotions to create dramatic works
• Develop critical and reflective awareness in relation to their own and others' drama
• Attain and extend a range of skills, such as communication, empathy, interpretation, analysis, decision making, research, evaluation and self-discipline
• Foster self-confidence through drama processes and performance
• Extend practical skills
• Engage with drama as an expression of culture