The Drama Department – Our Vision

The Drama Department at St. Michael’s Catholic College believes wholeheartedly in the potential for Drama to significantly impact pupils’ experiences inside and outside of the College.

The Drama teaching at St. Michael’s is based on the principle that the subject should be accessible and exciting for all pupils, regardless of experience, ability and need; providing opportunities to share and develop individual powers of expression, confidence and social integration.

Programme of Study KS5
A Level Drama and Theatre Studies at St. Michael’s follows the WJEC/Eduqas specification: 

Component 1: Theatre Workshop

Non-exam assessment: internally assessed, externally

moderated

20% of qualification

Learners will be assessed on either acting or design.

Learners participate in the creation, development and

performance of a piece of theatre based on a reinterpretation

of an extract from a text chosen from a list supplied by WJEC.

The piece must be developed using the techniques and

working methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or

a recognised theatre company.

Learners must produce:

• a realisation of the performance or design
• a creative log.

 

Component 2: Text in Action

Non-exam assessment: externally assessed by a visiting

examiner

40% of qualification

Learners will be assessed on either acting or design.

Learners participate in the creation, development and

performance of two pieces of theatre based on a stimulus

supplied by WJEC:

1. a devised piece using the techniques and working

methods of either an influential theatre practitioner or

a recognised theatre company (a different practitioner

or company to that chosen for Component 1)

2. an extract from a text in a different style chosen by the

learner.

Learners must realise their performance live for the visiting

examiner. Learners choosing design must also give a 5-10

minute presentation of their design to the examiner.

Learners produce a process and evaluation report within one

week of completion of the practical work.

 

Component 3: Text in Performance

Written examination: 2 hours 30 minutes

40% of qualification

Sections A and B

Open book: Clean copies (no annotation) of the two complete

texts chosen must be taken into the examination.

Two questions, based on two different texts, one written pre1956 and one written post-1956.

Section C

Closed book: The extract of text required for answering the

questions will be printed on the examination paper.

A question based on a specified extract from:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,

Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens