STAFF

• Ms M. G. Hunter BA Head of Department
• Mrs J.M Conlon BA
• Mrs J Mc Kenna BA 

	Senior School: The School For Scandal , January 2005 Whitla Hall

CURRICULUM

AQA GCSE Drama

60% Coursework. Internally assessed and moderated by AQA

Assessment based on the following three parts:

Response to plays and other types of drama 10%

Work in progress 20%

Final presentation 30% externally moderated

Written Paper 40% 2hours

Response to live theatre productions seen during the course of the year.

EDEXCEL AS DRAMA

Unit One

Exploration of TWO plays 15% Internally assessed/externally moderated coursework.

Unit Two

Text In Performance One 20% Externally assessed practical

Unit 3

Text In Context One 15% Externally assessed 2 hour written paper

A2

Unit 4 20% Internally/Externally assessed

Unit 5

Text in Performance Two 15% Externally assessed

Unit 6 2 and ½hour written paper

FACILITIES AND RESOURCES

We have a fully operational Drama Studio for both rehearsal and public performance. Both the Senior and Junior drama productions are staged each year in the Whitla Hall.

	The cast of My Fair Lady

EDUCATIONAL TRIPS AND EXCHANGES

For our sixth year students there is an annual theatre trip to London. They see two West End plays and are taken on a tour of the Globe Theatre as part of their study of Jacobean Theatre.

GCSE pupils are taken to professional theatre productions every year.

EXTRACURRICULAR

Each year, the Junior, Middle and Senior Schools all put on a different production in the Whitla Hall. For more details please see the Drama section of the College Activities page.