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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SubscribeMaking the most of drama devices
KS 3 KS 4
‘Devices’ is the catch-all term used to describe any and every drama technique employed to create drama, interpret text, explore ideas, develop performance skills and create drama in original and...
Physical Theatre: Approaches to teaching in the style of Frantic Assembly
KS 3
The overall aim of this scheme of work is to explore a physical theatre style by introducing students to the work of Frantic Assembly, and to encourage learners to try out techniques and practical...
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
KS 3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is perhaps the most well-known of C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and certainly offers a range of exciting themes for exploration. This scheme is aimed at KS3,...
Teacher-in-Role as a drama device
KS 3 KS 4
Teacher-in-Role (TiR) is a drama device that we either love or approach with trepidation. The fact is that it can be an amazingly powerful tool for the drama teacher to build students’ confidence,...
People are complex
KS 3 KS 4
As most drama is naturally character-driven, this scheme explores interesting and developed people from their outwardly straightforward exteriors to the deeper levels within. The majority of people...
All hail, Macbeth!
KS 3
Macbeth: source of a backstage superstition and one of Shakespeare's best-known tragedies. I hope that this scheme of work will allow you to explore some of the areas of the play that are less well...
Looking at physicality afresh
KS 3 KS 4
Physicality is part and parcel of children's play but as students get into KS3/4 in drama terms it needs to be harnessed, shaped, developed and used to push boundaries. This scheme develops from the...
Comedy and tragedy
KS 3
Ask anyone for an image that defines theatre and they will recall the theatrical masks that symbolise the two key theatrical genres of comedy and tragedy. Ask anyone why these masks are used and they...
Groundhog Day
KS 3 KS 4
The iconic movie of 1993 and now the stage musical of the same name have put the term ‘Groundhog Day’ into the public's consciousness. It means something that goes nowhere, round in circles, endlessly...
The art of communication
KS 3
If the eyes are the windows to the soul then the voice must surely be the door to …? This unit of work aims to introduce students to some of the core skills of working with voice. Looking at how we...