11–12Drama 11–12 Syllabus (2025)
The new Drama 11–12 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2027 and will replace the Drama Stage 6 Syllabus (2009).
2026
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the Drama Stage 6 Syllabus (2009) for Year 12
2027, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2028
- First HSC examination for the new syllabus
Content
Year 11
Students explore how artistic, cultural, social and personal contexts influence dramatic form, style and meaning. Through embodied, collaborative, safe, creative and critical processes they interpret and apply dramatic conventions and performance skills to interpret and communicate creative intent, analyse audience engagement, and reflect on the significance and purpose of a variety of dramatic forms and styles.
Investigate the ways artistic, cultural, social and personal contexts shape creative choices in dramatic works
Select influences, intentions and innovations of dramatic practitioners to shape conventions, forms and styles in their own dramatic works
Interpret the ways that dramatic meaning is shaped using dramatic forms and styles
Experiment with dramatic processes in the creation and development of works
Manipulate dramatic forms and styles to structure and shape meaning in works
Adapt, reimagine and transform works to realise creative intent applying approaches, conventions and the elements of production to shape and communicate meaning
Select dramatic forms and elements of production to shape the dramatic journey and engage audiences
Apply improvisation processes and performance approaches influenced by significant practitioners, forms and styles
Enact dramatic works using contexts, conventions, forms and styles to shape a dramatic journey
Experiment with the staging and performing of works and experiences with a range of dramatic processes, forms and styles
Stage and perform characters and roles using selected forms and styles to shape meaning and audience engagement
Enact dramatic works using the elements of drama to engage audiences and communicate meaning
Analyse the artistic, cultural, social and personal contexts of dramatic practitioners and works
Explain the influences, intentions and innovations of dramatic practitioners and how these shape forms and styles
Evaluate how meaning is constructed and communicated through dramatic forms and styles
Evaluate how dramatic elements are manipulated and refined through rehearsal strategies and dramatic processes
Assess the influences of dramatic practitioners and how these shape forms and styles
Reflect on the ways dramatic elements are applied through embodied responses, rehearsal exercises and performance practices
Reflect on the ways devising, acting, designing, writing and direction contribute to the shaping of dramatic meaning