Blog entry by Holly Barradell
So, September is over and before we know it will be October ½ term!
As teachers plan ahead for the year don’t forget that this term your students could be writing plays for our International Playwriting Competition the last day for entries is December 13th – good luck! I have also uploaded the relevant resources for teaching playwriting on the TES as well the previous winning scripts for you to download and use.
Don’t forget your own CPD and our ATCL training days running this October Click here for more information. For those of you that got the first ever drama teachers e-newsletter - I hope you found it useful and helpful next issue will be in January 2014. If you aren’t already registered and would like to receive these e-newsletters please subscribe by emailing us.
New National Curriculum was published on 11 September 2013. Yes, it did happen quietly and rather unnoticed! The majority of the new national curriculum will come into effect from September 2014, so schools you have a year to prepare to teach it! From September 2015, the new national curriculum for English, mathematics and science will come into force for Key Stage 2; English, mathematics and science for key stage 4 will be phased in from September 2015. Drama is mentioned (slightly!) under English. You can read the review from the Cultural Learning Alliance about Drama’s representation here. Don’t forget you can get in touch to talk about how Trinity’s qualifications can support the new national curriculum.
Trestle and Trinity exams for the next 12 months Trinity and Trestle are working in partnership on creating resources and support for teachers who are interested in exploring Mask, ½ mask and physical theatre work in line with our Performance Arts qualifications. Trestle is working with their own youth theatre students and extra-curricular Drama students at Beaumont School in St Albans, Hertfordshire. I will be following the student/teacher journey as a case study of this unique project. I will keep you updated via this blog & in the forum. If you have students that might be interested in joining the Trestle youth group get in touch with Trestle.
Until next month...
Holly