If you want to stand out from the crowd and STRETCH YOURSELF to go above and beyond what you learn in lessons.. then on this website you can find lots of different ways to extend and enrich your learning- both subject specific and BEYOND!
SWAT CHALLENGE WEBSITE
This website is created & managed by the Parkstone SWAT CHALLENGE AMBASSADORS
How to stretch yourself in
DRAMA
Read and see as many plays as you can as this helps to stretch you in drama to read/witness how plays are produced!
In School Opportunities
- Year 7 Drama Club
- Year 8 Drama Club
- Year 9 Play in Production
-Joint Productions from Year 10-13
- Student-led productions in Sixth Form
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Research the following theatre practitioners: Frantic Assembly, Kneehigh, Constantin Stanislavski, Bertolt Brecht. You can use National Theatre Online Library and Crash Course Drama and Theatre on YouTube to help you get started.
Link to activities that will help
you with Drama
Places To Visit
-The Lighthouse in Poole
-The Pavilion in Bournemouth
-The Mayflower in Southampton
-Salisbury Playhouse
External Organisations
National Youth Theatre National Youth Music Theatre
Written Tasks
Using the practitoners listed above you can do these tasks to help stretch yourself: You could create a double sided fact sheet on each one or you could write a review of a theatre production you have previously seen. Compare it with a published review online. Did you focus on similar issues as the critic? Do you think the critic was fair?
Links To Other Subjects
Music, History, English, RP, Politics, Media, Art, Textiles and Psychology in particular
