Speech

• Expansion of vocabulary
• Formation of articulate vocal sounds
• Use of correct posture to produce a supported voice
• Ability to hold a secure and focused conversation about prepared or improvised subject matter

Drama

• Confidence to move well and develop physical self-awareness
• Experiment with storytelling and creating characters in role play and improvisation
• Ability to learn pieces of expressive text
• Ability to perform or present expressive text and or movement from memory as individuals, in a pair or in a group

Life Skills

• Ability to listen to others
• Ability to follow direction
• Building empathy
• Confidence and respect in own and other’s opinions
• Confidence to try new things

In addition to building upon the earlier years skills

Speech

• Good understanding and ability of vocal expression to engage listeners
• Ability to hold and develop a detailed conversation about a prepared or improvised subject matter
• Ability to question and answer well with intention and purpose

Drama

• Ability to devise and develop strong movement choices for characters
• Ability to drive a play text, improvised or devised scene with intention
• Create and perform with emotional connections with varied characters
• Build professional drama rehearsal vocabulary

Life Skills

• Ability to begin to take control of their own learning and research.
• Building a stronger sense of self and opinion through moral, ethical, political, socio discussions around subjects, text topics and stories discussed and researched.
• Trust in their own imagination and creativity

In addition to building upon the earlier years skills

Speech

• Ability to express themselves with complete vocal confidence to engage listeners and present points accurately and succinctly
• Ability to drive debate and present valid detailed research
• Ability to give a short, improvised speech

Drama

• Create and perform with varied vocal choices dependent on type of characterisation required (accents, dialects, tonal qualities)
• Complete confidence in drama vocabulary
• Ability to form characters that would normally be out of comfort zone
• Use of varied theatre practitioners to inform and develop characetrisation, devising, improvisation and mime techniques

Life Skills

• Confidence to vocally have an opinion and present research
• Ability to command a space when required in front of an audience
• Ability to professionally work in a rehearsal or meeting room with kindness, integrity, openness and skill
• Ability to be prepared but flexible

For entry into senior school

• Directed and learnt school set or self and PTO teacher selected script(s) to create a fluid confident performance for audition
• Ability to take redirection on prepared work and unseen texts
• Ability to site read unseen texts and form and perform a character with minimal preparation time
• Ability and confidence to participate in anything called upon in an audition workshop
• Ability to present themselves, aim, wants and needs in an interview and the confidence to be themselves
• Correct audition etiquette – learning how to relax and have fun!

For entry into NYT (14yrs+) 6th Form or Drama School

In addition to scholarship entry into senior school

• Ability to take further redirection on any prepared work such as improvising around the text or character
• Ability to make bold confident choices within a closed audition or workshop scenario
• Ability to answer questions using the correct drama vocabulary about their prepared scenes and their rehearsal process
• Confidence to be true to themselves and to find their unique selling points and how to showcase these