For those of you teaching in Victoria, Australia, today was the day our Year 12 students received their final grades for their Victorian Certificate of Education in Drama and Theatre Studies. Just wondering how teachers went with their students’ grades this year? The solo performance exam in Drama is always a tricky beast in which to predict or anticipate grades and often causes confusion among the drama teaching fraternity. Of course, students always want to [click to read more]
Few times in my career as a drama teacher have I encountered the quiet drama class. But I’m there right now and I’m struggling… This term I have had the 2nd quietest class of drama students in my ten years at my current school. Granted, its a small class. Thirteen Year 9 girls and about half the class didn’t choose drama as their 1st preference elective. But that’s not the issue. They are fabulous students [click to read more]
All the best to everyone in Melbourne and regional Victoria with their students undertaking solo performance exams in Year 12 Drama and monologue performance exams in Year 12 Theatre Studies. It is a stressful time of year for both teachers and students of these disciplines. It is also an emotional time, as students gear up for their creative triumphs (or not!) in the exam room. These performance exams are tough tasks even for the most [click to read more]
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