7–10Drama 7–10 Syllabus
The new Drama 7–10 Syllabus (2023) is to be implemented from 2026.
2024 and 2025 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Stage 5
- DR5-APP-01
analyses how creative choices shape intention and meaning through dramatic processes
- DR5-APP-02
evaluates how dramatic elements are manipulated to influence audience response through dramatic contexts
Analyse personal experiences with artistic, cultural, social and personal contexts, protocols and intentions as maker, performer and audience
Evaluate how ideas, images and stories explore and express individual and collective identities, values and perspectives
Analyse how dramatic works, practices or practitioners experiment with and stage dramatic conventions, forms and styles
Analyse the dynamic and evolving Cultural Knowledges of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander works, practices or practitioners
Use language appropriate to context to communicate a perspective about works and processes
Communicate a coherent interpretation of devised and scripted theatrical works with reference to staged examples in verbal and written texts
Analyse embodied, sensory and affective experiences of drama
Seek, exchange and question perspectives with others to reflect on collaborative experiences
Explain processes which support physical, emotional and cultural safety, respect and inclusion in drama
Explain the effect of ethical processes on dramatic practitioners and audiences, including respect for Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
Document processes for developing, investigating and refining new ideas
Make, accept and extend creative and critical interpretations of drama in discussion with others
Reflect on how an ensemble creates image, action and meaning together through group-devised performance
Create written reflections which evaluate drama as a subjective experience
Explain how creative choices shape roles, characters and situations
Analyse how choices in the elements of drama shape audience impact
Evaluate how choices in the elements of drama develop during making and performing
Evaluate how the elements of performance are developed and applied
Analyse how the elements of production can strengthen moments, transitions and journeys
Create written evaluation of how the elements of drama, performance and production create dramatic meaning and audience engagement in live dramatic experiences or works