ARTS1 – Year 9 Visual Art & Drama – 1 Semester

Visual Art

This course allows students to explore their curiosity and skills in Visual Art. Students can explore the Art Department's media and resources. Students will grow their confidence at drawing and expressing themselves. In the Art Department you will have fun using the skills of listening, watching, researching, thinking, drawing, talking, and growing friendships with like-minded Art students while trying out many exciting new materials and how they work.

Drama

This Drama ‘taster’ course will be done as part of the Arts combo selection. By taking this 

term long option in Drama you will learn to work effectively in a group to create and rehearse theatre performance work. Throughout life we are placed in situations where we need to speak in front of others, communicate in a group setting and ‘fake it til we make it’. Drama incorporates all these key competencies in a fun and constructive way. If you want to build your confidence as a performer then this is for you. Students of Drama have gone on to work in many different fields and all express gratitude that they had a grounding in this subject; personal trainers, corporates, journalists, chefs, lawyers and the list goes on.

This course will require students to work in groups to be creative, communicate ideas and perform on stage in front of their peers. Some examples of content covered include;

• Warmup games

• Working with a text or script

• Devising scenes

• Teamwork exercises