11–12Drama Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025)
The new Drama Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2025) is to be implemented from 2027 and will replace the Drama Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2009).
2026
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Continue to teach the Drama Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2009) for Year 12
2027, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12
Content
Life Skills
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
Students explore dramatic forms and performance styles within historical, social, and cultural contexts. They engage in dramatic processes and use dramatic elements to make and perform dramatic works. Students experiment with dramatic forms and styles, reflect on their work, and communicate meaning to an audience.
Generate ideas for a dramatic work through drama activities
Use role-play to explore personal contexts, perspectives and emotions
Generate ideas for a dramatic work that expresses a personal perspective
Identify features or characteristics of one or more dramatic forms
Identify features or characteristics of one or more dramatic styles
Communicate a personal preference for a dramatic form or style
Experiment with form or style to express ideas
Select a form or style appropriate to the intended audience
Select a performance space that suits the particular form or style being produced
Participate in devising a dramatic work in a particular form or style
Participate in a performance to express an idea, emotion or perspective
Participate in a performance using the conventions of a dramatic form or style
Use dramatic elements to engage an audience during a performance
Participate in the performance or production of a devised or scripted work using the conventions of a dramatic form or style
Use a dramatic form or style to communicate meaning to an audience in a performance
Use safe practices when engaging with a range of dramatic performances
Recognise that drama can be a multisensory experience
Respond to drama in a range of forms or styles
Identify the intended impact on the audience of a particular form or style
Use some terminology to describe a range of forms or styles
Express personal preferences about dramatic performances in a range of forms or styles
Identify shared experiences, ideas and perspectives in a dramatic work
Communicate a personal response to ideas in a dramatic work or performance
Reflect on how dramatic forms or styles can be used to communicate ideas to an audience
Reflect on personal participation in a dramatic work of a particular dramatic form or style