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11–12Drama 11–12 Syllabus (2025)

Implementation from 2027
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Year 11

Improvising and devising

Students explore how spontaneous, unscripted action is used to generate, Loading  and refine new ideas and possibilities for dramatic work. Experimenting with Loading , Loading  and relationships, students build imaginative and embodied work in response to a range of stimulus and contexts. Through discussion and rehearsal, they Loading  cohesive moments and engaging dramatic action. Students develop their understanding of how creative and critical Loading  are used to shape Loading  and Loading  as they evaluate and refine their choices.

Making
  • Loading  safely and respectfully using agreed protocols, Loading  and responsibilities

  • Collaboratively develop and refine Loading  and creative intent for devised and scripted works

  • Apply collaborative and improvisational approaches to enhance Loading  focus, energy and cohesion

  • Use research, images, stories and ideas to shape dramatic meaning

  • Collaborate to refine directorial concept and creative intent for devised and Loading  works

  • Experiment with dramatic elements to refine and shape the Loading  for Loading 

  • Adapt Loading , forms and Loading  through the devising process to shape dramatic meaning

  • Loading  and shape Loading , styles and elements for audience engagement

  • Generate and refine creative and critical ideas to shape the creative intent of an ensemble

Performing
  • Apply safe and inclusive processes and protocols to support performers, practitioners and audience members for the staging and live performance of Loading 

  • Perform with cohesion, energy, focus and intent to support the dramatic journey and communicate meaning through dramatic contexts

  • Loading  Loading , roles and ideas with intention in rehearsal and performance

  • Control appropriate performance skills to communicate characters, roles, relationships and dramatic meaning

  • Apply blocking, Loading , Loading  and Loading  space to refine and focus intentional Loading  to shape meaning and audience engagement

Critically reflecting
  • Reflect on research and stimulus used to generate ideas, images and concepts in devised works, considering dramatic contexts and Loading 

  • Assess the application of dramatic elements in improvised and devised dramatic works

  • Assess the dramatic contexts and processes applied in the development, refinement, rehearsals and performance of the ensemble work

  • Evaluate group choices and moments in performance to consider their impact on audience engagement and meaning

  • Document the impact of the creative and collaborative processes used to shape creative intent

  • Discuss dramatic moments and creative choices and use individual and collaborative feedback to refine dramatic work

  • Use safe processes to share ideas and provide feedback as a maker, performer and audience member

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