Brackenhill Primary School
Drama Policy
Introduction
The importance of drama to the curriculum.
Drama is a powerful medium and therefore forms an important element of the provision offered to pupils at Brackenhill Primary School. It is also an important learning tool and is regarded as integral to the learning process throughout the curriculum.
General Aims
- A commitment to good quality drama provision as a means of developing the spiritual, emotional and intellectual facets of all members of our school.
- To offer equal opportunity with an entitlement to a range of high quality drama experience for every pupil, whatever their age, gender, background or ability.
- To strengthen and broaden drama provision within the school by making and maintaining links with the community.
- To extend the range of experiences to include contact with drama practitioners, through workshops and performances in school.
- To develop a strategic and co-ordinated approach to drama education, including partnerships, which meet the needs of the school (e.g. secondary school links).
- To deepen understanding of key texts in literacy through the use of drama and role play
Approaches to Drama
Facilities: Sports hall which has enabled space for drama club and rehearsals.
Regular celebration of achievement in drama occurs through:
•Photographic evidence of achievements
•Video recordings of performances
All staff are encouraged to include drama as a learning tool for a use in a variety of subjects. From Foundation stage the pupils are encouraged to use role play in a variety of situations. It is also encouraged through other subjects e.g. Literacy plays, performance poetry, history projects and ‘hotseating’ e.g. Tudor banquet, Drama provides stimulus for our ‘Talk for Writing’ approach in Literacy in which children are given opportunity to act out events and sequences.
Drama is led by the “Literacy team” who provide:
- Strategic leadership
- Manage resources for teaching drama.
- Monitor and evaluate the quality of drama provision from within the school and from external practitioners.
- Monitor and evaluate the quality of learning in drama and the progress made by the children.
- Keep up to date with developments and opportunities in the field of drama provision, and follow up if necessary.
- Support colleagues to enable them to develop greater confidence and enthusiasm in drama.
- Liaise with governors and parents keeping them informed of new initiatives and successes.
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The full range of drama is provided for as a regular part of planning. It is taught by all staff to all pupils as a cross curricular subject. In some instances, particular topics or themes may be taught as a “block” or one week focus, rather than over several weeks.
Drama is planned throughout the school with a variety of opportunities to take part in performances.
An extra-curricular drama club for pupils puts on a performance for parents and the wider community.
Monitoring and Evaluation
The Literacy Team will monitor the standards of teaching and learning within drama.
This will occur through a range of activities on a rolling programme, of monitoring planning, work sampling, pupil interviews – through the collection of photos, children’s comments and questionnaires, and through direct observation.
Links with the Community
- Parents are invited to watch a variety of Assemblies which include drama/presentation skills including class assemblies.
- Parents and the wider community are invited to the Y6 leavers’ production.
- All classes work towards a Class Assembly presenting work to their parents and carers.
Approved by
Headteacher ______Date______
Chair of Governors______Date______
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