Vision
At St Michael’s the Performing Arts are seen as fundamental to a child’s growth in body mind and spirit and essential in enabling young people to experience ‘life in all its fullness’, able to cope with, and respond positively to, their role in today’s society.
It is the aim of a passionate and talented staff to foster an appreciation of the arts through an engaging programme of timetable lessons, Wider Curriculum activities, cross-curricular outreach and Christian Values Enrichment and to promote an energetic, creative ethos across the school. We intend that, through high quality arts presentations - worship, showcases, concerts, major productions and other school events - all pupils are able to experience the arts and recognise them as a vehicle for raising moral, social and political issues; the arts challenge them to reflect and inspires them as participant or audience to respond; we want them to see that the arts gives them a voice and that they know that their voice counts. Furthermore, we encourage our pupils to see the arts as a means of self-expression, of self-realisation and an outlet for emotion, so important in a world that places so many pressures on young shoulders.
Ultimately, we aim for all our pupils to leave St Michael’s with a real appreciation that the arts offer a universal language through which a vision of the human experience can be shared, and that, through the arts, they can add their own voice to the chorus of mankind.
In Drama we aim to:
- Offer the opportunity for extending their interest in the performing arts through an experience of, and participation in individual and group performances.
- Develop our pupil’s appreciation of the different styles and genre of drama they can experience and perform.
- Foster an understanding of the important role played by drama within our society to promote dialogue and social change.
- Offer rich opportunities to take part in performing or take supporting roles in live theatrical performances.
- Strengthen empathy and mutual respect through participating in group activities.
- Develop effective teamworking skills such as listening, collaborating, directing, offering ideas and accepting feedback.
- Improve pupils’ oracy skills, promoting the importance of effective communication and confidence.
- Encourage the development of pupil’s creative thinking and problem solving skills.
- Develop our pupil’s positive attitude, resilience and time management skills when working on extended projects.
Drama Learning Schemes
