Year 8

• Building a foundation in acting skills
• Vocal expression
• Body language communication
• Imaginative character writing
• Communicating characters within a script
• Basic Improvisation
• Storytelling
• Eye mask designs
• Pop and Vogue choreography for a group dance performance
• Learning basic movement vocabulary
• Self-reflection writing on performance work

Year 9

• Dialogue work
• Varied Vocal Tones: Emphasis and Dramatic Pauses 
• Mime work- learning to communicate effectively using body language
• Freeze frames
• Improvisation using a prop
• Script reading and scene study
• Developing basic character analysis skills through script study
• Synchronicity, timing and rhythmic skills used for theatrical movement
• Understanding possible responses from a musical stimulus for movement
• Costume design
• Self-reflection writing on performance work

Year 10

• Communicating a monologue
• Learning to write anecdotal notes on a script in preparation for a rehearsed performance
• Further developing listening and speaking skills
• Identifying use of appropriate vocal tones, emphasized words and dramatic pauses in a rehearsed  performance.
• Pantomime Genre
• Studying a GCSE level script and analyzing characters
• Writing a short story based on an interview process
• Studying a variety of styles of dance over 5 decades, expanding on understanding of movement phrases and choreographic devices such as unison, repetition and call and response.
• Learning dynamics of movement qualities: weight, space, time, levels and flow.
• Rehearsing and performing a short piece of choreography that incorporates a few different dance styles
• Basic script writing work
• Careers in the Performing Arts (Performance and Design)