Performing Arts
Key Stage 3
Performing Arts (Dance, Drama and Music)
- Opportunities for Performing Arts leaders – to work with other students both in the class and other classes to help develop leadership skills
- Stretch activities for all lessons to support learners who complete a task
- Extension table in each classroom to enable student choice when expanding knowledge
- Students from older years coming in to lessons to challenge learners
- Higher Key stage teaching and learning strategies used to promote challenge
- Extension HW’s provided on FROG
- Use of Solihull Music Services to deliver an excellent programme of peripatetic music lessons
- Yearly trips to the theatre to promote enjoyment of the subject
- Yearly Theatre in Education opportunities to embrace live theatre and take part in workshops
- Weekly extra-curricular programme of clubs and activities
- Challenge questions attached to students learning maps
- Leading clubs within the department
Key Stage 4
Performing Arts (Dance, Drama and Music)
- Opportunities for Performing Arts leaders – to work with other students both in the class and other classes to help develop leadership skills
- Working with Sixth Form mentors to help strengthen practical ideas?
- Use of A Level exemplar work to support your personal development.
- Use of A Level texts to extend your drama knowledge. Use of Solihull Music Services to deliver an excellent programme of peripatetic music lessons
- Yearly trips to the theatre to promote enjoyment of the subject
- Yearly Theatre in Education opportunities to embrace live theatre and take part in workshops
- Weekly extra-curricular programme of clubs and activities
- Work with the Sixth Form helpers to develop your practical skills
- Challenge questions attached to students learning maps
- Leading clubs within the department
- Volunteering to Modeling work in lessons.
Key Stage 5
Performing Arts and Dance
- As above
- Become a Sixth Form mentor-use your knowledge and understating to support those in lower school.
- Independent work-reading researching and rehearsing will support and deepen your understanding.
- Further reading-this will be a pivotal exercise
- Use past exam papers to extend your knowledge
Here are some useful websites:
- http://www.birminghamhippodrome.com/
- http://macbirmingham.co.uk/
- http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-alexandra-theatre-birmingham/
- http://www.dancexchange.org.uk/
Pupils who have been assessed as being Gifted or Talented in Dance are mentored and encouraged to do the following;
- Join local and national youth companies. We have had success in pupils auditioning for Solihull Youth Dance, Elmhurst and ACE Youth.
- Choreograph for school productions and dance clubs.
- Learn new styles of dance. Those pupils who wish to perform as a career must be versatile performers and have skills in a number of styles. Pupils are aware of where they can go to learn new skills and the benefits of doing this.