This scheme of work introduces students to a diverse range of theatre traditions from around the world. Through practical exploration and performance, students will discover how different cultures use...
KS 3
This scheme encourages students to make drama about a group of ‘foreigners’ arriving in a new land, sometimes met with hostility, sometimes by acceptance and kindness.
Each session takes a different...
Characters and characterisation sit at the very heart of drama. Theatre and stories wouldn’t exist without them, nor indeed principal actors who would take on those roles. However, that is exactly how...
KS 3
This scheme of work is based on A Monster Calls: The Play by Sally Cookson. The scheme uses on- and off-text work to explore elements of the play and its characters. It uses devising to create solo,...
KS 3
This scheme of work is based on the hugely successful play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne with J. K. Rowling and John Tiffany. This scheme uses devising and improvisation to explore...
KS 3
In May 2025, it will be 80 years since the liberation of ‘our dear Channel Islands’. This scheme of work provides a particularly interesting and pertinent historical topic to cover and a new angle on...
KS 3
These lessons are based on Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s lyrical ballad, The Lady of Shalott. It has four parts, each of which ends with a climax. Tennyson uses strong visual imagery in his poem, and...
KS 2
Focusing on Kneehigh’s reworking of the classic Hansel and Gretel, written by Carl Grose, this scheme of work will enable students to discover the magic that still exists within one particular tale.
KS 3
This scheme of work, consisting of six 120-minute sessions, suggests ways to handle emotion most effectively through a range of drama techniques.
KS 3
This skills-based scheme of work is designed to encourage students to lose their inhibitions, embrace over-exaggeration and understand the structure of comic sketches. It will prove to be a firm...
KS 3
This devising scheme comprises six 2-hour sessions exploring a range of characters under a wide variety of pressures.
KS 3
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic literature classic. It is a set text on the AQA GCSE English Literature syllabus, and giving students a practical introduction to the novella will...
KS 3
