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Drama Stage 1
Subject outline

Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in June 2019 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2020. 

Stage 1 | Subject outline | Capabilities | Literacy

Literacy

In this subject students extend and apply their literacy capability by, for example: 

  • presenting ideas, thoughts, opinions, and feelings in different forms  
  • researching, explaining, and justifying their ideas and approaches as they experiment, plan, edit, synthesise, and make aesthetic decisions about their drama practice 
  • developing dramatic vocabulary in order to express and communicate ideas  
  • developing vocal, physical, and group skills and strategies needed to express, interpret, and communicate complex information and ideas 
  • conceiving, exploring, and creating dramatic texts, such as plays for theatre, and/or screenplays for film.