9DRA

Year 9 Drama

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms K. Bellis.

Course content
Drama provides students the opportunities to share Drama through informal presentations and respond to ways in which Drama tells stories and convey ideas in their own and others work.

The main focus of Year 9 Drama includes:
•Exploring various vocal and physical games and exercises.
•Script work.
•Improvisation.
•Understanding a genre, using slapstick in performance.
•Introduction to drama techniques and the elements and Conventions of Drama.

The specific areas of student development will be teamwork, concentration and spatial awareness, voice, performance skills, confidence building and public speaking.

Assessment
A performance based task each term, testing competence in performance skills is included in the programme.

Where does the course lead to?
The Year 9 course leads through to Year 10 and NCEA Level 1 Drama in Year 11. It also provides students with valuable communication skills that they will be able to apply confidently in their life outside of school. At senior levels the students have the opportunity to participate in a production at The Pumphouse Theatre. 

Pathway

Disclaimer

Rosmini College's timetable is student-driven and a new timetable is generated each year based on student subject selection. Unfortunately, while we do our best to avoid them, timetabling clashes may still occur and a few students may be required to choose an alternative subject option.

The 2024 timetable, including the number of classes in each subject and staffing allocations, is created based on student selections made in 2023. Because of this, changing subjects at the beginning of 2024 may not be possible. Please, make your subject choices carefully.