Performing Arts

The Performing Arts curriculum aims to inspire students to become creative and confident performers who can make critical and balanced judgements about Theatre and the impact it has on an audience through the development of the key vocabulary and understanding of performance skills. Through a practical rich curriculum, pupils acquire an in-depth understanding of various performance styles and the required changes to their performance skills that make that style unique. Consistent embedding of performance skills and feedback opportunities across each half term will allow our students to develop their analytical and evaluative skills as they learn the value of interpersonal skills through working as a team to provide our students with the tools for success in the wider world. This provides students with the creative and evaluative skills to apply their learning to their own performances and professional performance in their Key Stage 4 journey. 

Impact

To ensure that all students achieve mastery in specified knowledge and feel confident within the creative work they produce, students are formatively assessed regularly at KS3, and teaching is adapted accordingly. Assessment data is used to judge the success of the curriculum and progress towards mastery, with teaching time allocated to the re-teaching of specific knowledge and performative skills. The impact of the curriculum upon students is that, over time, they will become experienced Theatre practitioners who can make critical and balanced judgements. This is assessed through students’ presentation of work and the participation in whole class discussions where evaluation of peer work is required. 

Sally Chapman  

Subject Lead for Performing Arts 

Sally.chapman@heathlaneacademy.org.uk