Hornby High School
Drama - All the World's a Stage
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs J. Clark.
You will create theatre, learn acting skills and theatre styles. Pieces will be created and performed for an audience, for example at the Shakespeare Festival and Arts Evenings for community audiences. A range of theatre forms will be covered such as New Zealand Theatre, Shakespeare’s work, contemporary Musicals and Theatre Sports improvisation. Students will also be involved in designing and creating sets, lighting, multimedia, costumes, props and makeup for each performance form. Skills learned from theatre include:
Self-Confidence: Taking risks in class and performing for an audience teach students to trust their ideas and abilities. The confidence gained in drama applies to school, career, and life.
Imagination: Making creative choices, thinking of new ideas, and interpreting familiar material in new ways are essential to drama. Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Empathy: Acting roles from different situations, time periods, and cultures promotes compassion and tolerance for others’ feelings and viewpoints.
Cooperation / Collaboration: Theatre combines the creative ideas and abilities of its participants. This cooperative process includes discussing, negotiating, rehearsing, and performing.
Concentration: Playing, practicing, and performing develop a sustained focus of mind, body, and voice, which also helps in other school subjects and life.
Communication Skills: Drama enhances verbal and nonverbal expression of ideas. It improves voice projection, articulation of words, fluency with language, and persuasive speech. Listening and observation skills develop by playing drama games, being an audience, rehearsing, and performing.
Problem Solving: Students learn how to communicate the who, what, where, and why to the audience. Improvisation fosters quick-thinking solutions, which leads to greater adaptability in life.
Fun: Drama brings play, humor, and laughter to learning; this improves motivation and reduces stress.
Social Awareness: Legends, myths, poems, stories, and plays used in drama teach students about social issues and conflicts from cultures, past and present, all over the world.
Course Overview
Term 1
In term 1 we will work together demonstrating manakitanga by helping, encouraging and supporting the group.There will be a lot of games and group activities to build confidence and connections.
Term 2
In term 2 we will work on play scripts [texts] and using Drama elements and conventions to create our own performance work. There will be opportunities to watch and partipate in a variety of theatre.
Term 3
In term 3 we will work together demonstrating manakitanga by helping, encouraging and supporting the group.There will be a lot of games and group activities to build confidence and connections. We will look at mask, make-up and costume design in conjuction with theatre styles [eg_ musicals, clowning, melodrama.
Term 4
In term 4 will create theatre performances aound themes and messages using multimedia presentations.
Semester A
Self-Confidence: Taking risks in class and performing for an audience teach students to trust their ideas and abilities. The confidence gained in drama applies to school, career, and life.
Imagination: Making creative choices, thinking of new ideas, and interpreting familiar material in new ways are essential to drama. Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Empathy: Acting roles from different situations, time periods, and cultures promotes compassion and tolerance for others’ feelings and viewpoints.
Concentration: Playing, practicing, and performing develop a sustained focus of mind, body, and voice, which also helps in other school subjects and life.
Communication Skills: Drama enhances verbal and nonverbal expression of ideas. It improves voice projection, articulation of words, fluency with language, and persuasive speech. Listening and observation skills develop by playing drama games, being an audience, rehearsing, and performing.
Fun: Drama brings play, humor, and laughter to learning; this improves motivation and reduces stress.
Emotional Outlet: Pretend play and drama games allow students to express a range of emotions. Aggression and tension are released in a safe, controlled environment, reducing antisocial behaviors.
Relaxation: Many drama activities reduce stress by releasing mental, physical, and emotional tension.
Self-Discipline: The process of moving from ideas to actions to performances teaches the value of practice and perseverance. Drama games and creative movement improve self-control.
Trust: The social interaction and risk taking in drama develop trust in self, others, and the process.
Physical Fitness: Movement in drama improves flexibility, coordination, balance, and control.
Social Awareness: Legends, myths, poems, stories, and plays used in drama teach students about social issues and conflicts from cultures, past and present, all over the world.
Semester B
Cooperation / Collaboration: Theatre combines the creative ideas and abilities of its participants. This cooperative process includes discussing, negotiating, rehearsing, and performing.
Problem Solving: Students learn how to communicate the who, what, where, and why to the audience. Improvisation fosters quick-thinking solutions, which leads to greater adaptability in life.
Aesthetic Appreciation: Participating in and viewing theater raise appreciation for the art form. It is important to raise a generation that understands, values, and supports theater’s place in society.
ing words, movements, and cues strengthen this skill like a muscle.
Recommended Prior Learning
Key skills are working with others and performing for an audience.
Pathway
Self-Confidence: Taking risks in class and performing for an audience teach students to trust their ideas and abilities. The confidence gained in drama applies to school, career, and life.
Imagination: Making creative choices, thinking of new ideas, and interpreting familiar material in new ways are essential to drama. Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Empathy: Acting roles from different situations, time periods, and cultures promotes compassion and tolerance for others’ feelings and viewpoints.
Cooperation / Collaboration: Theatre combines the creative ideas and abilities of its participants. This cooperative process includes discussing, negotiating, rehearsing, and performing.
Concentration: Playing, practicing, and performing develop a sustained focus of mind, body, and voice, which also helps in other school subjects and life.
Communication Skills: Drama enhances verbal and nonverbal expression of ideas. It improves voice projection, articulation of words, fluency with language, and persuasive speech. Listening and observation skills develop by playing drama games, being an audience, rehearsing, and performing.
Problem Solving: Students learn how to communicate the who, what, where, and why to the audience. Improvisation fosters quick-thinking solutions, which leads to greater adaptability in life.
Fun: Drama brings play, humor, and laughter to learning; this improves motivation and reduces stress.
Emotional Outlet: Pretend play and drama games allow students to express a range of emotions. Aggression and tension are released in a safe, controlled environment, reducing antisocial behaviors.
Relaxation: Many drama activities reduce stress by releasing mental, physical, and emotional tension.
Self-Discipline: The process of moving from ideas to actions to performances teaches the value of practice and perseverance. Drama games and creative movement improve self-control.
Trust: The social interaction and risk taking in drama develop trust in self, others, and the process.
Physical Fitness: Movement in drama improves flexibility, coordination, balance, and control.
Memory: Rehearsing and performing words, movements, and cues strengthen this skill like a muscle.
Social Awareness: Legends, myths, poems, stories, and plays used in drama teach students about social issues and conflicts from cultures, past and present, all over the world.
Aesthetic Appreciation: Participating in and viewing theater raise appreciation for the art form. It is important to raise a generation that understands, values, and supports theater’s place in society.
Assessment Information
Process, performance and reflection are all assessed, eg working with other to rehearse a play, learning lines and preparing your role, performing from and audience then submitting an explanation of your work.Pathway Tags
Diversional and Recreational Therapist, Actor, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Artistic Director, Film and Video Editor, Sound Technician, Author, Dancer, Entertainer, Film/Television Camera Operator, Make-up Artist, Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Radio Presenter, Early Childhood Teacher, Media Producer, Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Horse Trainer, Model, Nanny/Child Carer, Private Teacher/Tutor,
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