Drama

Drama Curriculum Intent

The Drama curriculum at Weydon ignites a passion for the subject while fostering creativity, imagination, and critical thinking. It is designed to equip students with a deep understanding of key skills, genres, practitioners, and theatrical forms, enabling them to explore drama both practically and academically. 

Through their studies, students engage with diverse play texts and narratives, developing empathy for a wide range of characters, viewpoints, and situations. They explore various creative processes and approaches to making drama, building confidence in physical, vocal, and communication skills. Our Drama curriculum also encourages collaboration, cooperation, and respect, while helping students strengthen self-expression, creativity, and the ability to understand the world from multiple perspectives.

Our Drama curriculum is broad, ambitious, and designed to promote mastery. At KS3, students are exposed to a wide range of skills, genres, and styles, including challenging and thought-provoking topics that stretch their understanding. By the end of Year 8, students have developed a solid foundation of knowledge and practical ability. At KS4, the curriculum goes beyond the GCSE specification, providing in-depth exploration of a wide selection of play scripts and demanding further mastery of skills, enabling students to engage with complex theatrical forms and ideas.

The drama curriculum at Weydon is planned and delivered by incredibly passionate and skilled drama practitioners that, above all, strive to create a safe and supportive environment and community, where all students belong and feel empowered to take risks, express themselves, collaborate effectively, and experience success and a sense of joy.