Schemes of Work
Twice each term, Drama & Theatre publishes five online schemes of work written by experienced teachers and examiners, which are available exclusively to our Full Membership, Digital Membership and Schemes of Work subscribers. They cover Key Stages 2-5 across a variety of exam boards and specifications, providing indispensable content for your classroom teaching.
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SubscribeNina Bawden's The Peppermint Pig: A look at the book through Drama
KS 2
Nina Bawden's The Peppermint Pig won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1976, and has been considered a children's classic ever since. It is full of down-to-earth humour and gutsy realism and...
Physical Theatre and Mask Work
KS 3 KS 4
The aim of this scheme of work is to allow the students to explore Physical Theatre and Mask Work with a particular focus on Trestle masks – although this can be adapted to suit any masks. The aim of...
That Face by Polly Stenham
KS 5
That Face by Polly Stenham is one of the six set texts for the latest Pearson/Edexcel AS and A level syllabus; the set texts form the basis of the ‘Page to Stage’ element of the exam, which requires...
Exploration of Shakespeare
KS 2
The aim of this scheme of work is to give students an introduction to Shakespeare and the opportunity to experience a range of his plays. In each lesson they will look at the plot lines and explore a...
Terror Kid by Benjamin Zephaniah
KS 4
This scheme of work uses the issues raised in Benjamin Zephaniah's novel to inspire students’ own ideas for devised work. The story focuses on a teenage boy who is unwittingly involved in a terror...
Contemporary Drama Performance
KS 5 BTEC
Performing Arts learners are required to use their acting skills in two short contemporary drama performances. Each performance should be an extract from a play written after 1930. The two plays...
Practically exploring play texts: Blood Brothers, Act 1
KS 3
This scheme explores Act 1 of the popular play text Blood Brothers as a stimulus. The scheme offers ideas on how to work with play scripts practically, with both on- and off-text ideas and activities....
Being a Twit: Roald Dahl's infamous Mr and Mrs explored through Drama
KS 2
Roald Dahl's books are adored by adults and children alike, and The Twits is so much fun that it just never gets old! This scheme of work has been created in the spirit of the book, with a range of...
Slow Time by Roy Williams
KS 4
Slow Time features three teenage boys, Nabs, Delroy and Ashley, one black, one Asian and one white. The action takes place in the hour before dawn after Delroy's first long night in a young offender...
It's all in our genes
KS 3 KS 4
Teenagers may not realise that two generations ago DNA information was not available. In the past, people rarely knew with absolute certainty who their biological parents were or where their ancestors...