Drama

In Drama students learn to collaborate in a process whereby they develop skills in communication, use their imagination to explore, shape, and symbolically represent ideas feelings attitudes, beliefs and circumstances.  Drama allows students to develop confidence, think creatively and develop skills which supplement their studies in other subjects.

Students work on a variety of different approaches to theatre performance.  This is dependant on their age group.  These include physical theatre, characterisation, commedia dell’arte, devising theatre, text interpretation, absurdism, teacher-in-role, storytelling, improvisation and many other styles of theatre.

Students are given a wide range of opportunities to perform and to experience professionally produced theatre performances.

Ryde secondary College offers the following courses in Drama.

Stage 4 Drama

In Stage 4 Drama is used to supplement and deepen the experience of the study of English and History.  The course closely follows the content and skills needed to improve performance in these core subjects as well as Stage 5 Elective Drama.

Stage 5 Drama

The Stage 5 Drama program follows the syllabus set down by the N.S.W. Board of Studies.  The program includes: improvisation, play building and acting, elements of production and theatrical traditions and performance styles.
 

Stage 6 Drama Studies

Ryde Secondary College offers the mandated H.S.C course in Drama.  In the Preliminary Course students revise acting and theatre skills, work on group devised and individual performance projects.  They also explore prominent movements and theatrical theories which compliment their studies for the H.S.C.

In Year 12 students prepare and perform an Individual Performance and A Group Performance which is both assessed within the school and marked externally by examiners for The H.S.C.

Students also undertake studies of prominent theatre practitioners, acting and theatrical theory, with a main focus on Australian drama and theatre, as published in the Board of Studies syllabus and prescriptions.