KS4 Level 2 first extended certificate in Performing Arts (equivalent to 2 GCSE’s)
Students will select a route of study for the 2 years out of the following 3.
ACTING:
Pupils learn to interpret script, devise, develop, interpret and communicate practical outcomes. By understanding the process involved in drama they will improve their own performance skills, develop their imagination and the ability to create drama. They will also learn how to communicate intention, develop the skill of working with others and develop their critical skills, through evaluation, analysis and reflection.
Essential key skills developed include group work and presentation skills, highly regarded within a range of job roles in many industries.
Regular theatre trips and workshops are held for pupils in and outside school time and pupils from all key stages have access to these.
The school offers many extra curricular activities such as concerts and shows, and performing arts pupils will be expected to take advantage of these activities to gain performance experience.
DANCE:
BTEC Dance is a fun and exciting, vocational course suitable for any student with dance experience and a basic knowledge of dance composition and choreography.
During the course pupils learn performance, technical and chorographical skills in dance. They will have regular opportunities to perform in a variety of dance styles. They will also learn how to analyse, interpret and evaluate their own work and the work of others.
The school offers many extra curricular activities such as concerts and shows, and performing arts pupils will be expected to take advantage of these activities to gain performance experience.
MUSIC:
As part of performing arts, music is a National Curriculum subject with pupils studying the subject weekly at Key Stage 3 and more frequently at Key Stage 4 in BTEC Performing Arts and BTEC Music.
Pupils follow as skills based learning programme, learning how to imitate different styles of music and understand their place in a historical context. The focus is on the 3 main musical skills, performance, composition and appraising backed up by our personal learning and thinking skills programme STRIPE’s. These are self management, teamwork, innovation, participation and enquiry.
Beginning in year 7 with learning how to read music and ultimately ending in year 9 looking at the various genres of pop music. Here are the current topics that we study here at Cecil Jones College.
Year 7
- My music (links with Citizenship)
- The Elements of music
- Music notation (links to numeracy and Citizenship)
- The orchestra and storytelling (links with Citizenship and literacy)
- Singing skills & musicals (joint project with Drama) Links with Citizenship/PSHEE
Year 8
- Musicals in depth
- Film music
- Minimalism
- Serialism
- Blues
- Reggae
Year 9
- Music and artist’s of the 50’s
- Music and artist’s of the 60’s
- Music and artist’s of the 70’s
- Music of the 80’s
- Music and artists of the 90’s
- Millennium music and technology
- New/current music
Yr10 from (September 2012) Music BTEC under review.
Yr11 from (September 2012) Performing Arts Music Certificate under review.
MEDIA STUDIES:
Media is part of our everyday lives and you have developed sophisticated media 'reading'skills without even knowing it. This course will take these skills and use them to analyse and understand how the 'messages' we receive every day are constructed, and the effect they have on us as an audience. We study the media on an equal balance of theory and practical work.
Key Stage 3: Students are introduce to key concepts and skills of Media during their performing Arts lessons in Year 7 and 8. In Year 9, Students are delivered a Media Studies module which introduces them to the subject as a possible option in Year 10 and 11.
Key Stage 4: The Media Studies course will earn the student a GCSE qualification over a 2 year period. The course consists of one exam (40%) and three coursework assignments, including a written essay, a small-scale practical exercise and a group practical production. Students will study a range of different mediums from Action Films and Television Comedy to websites, print advertising and Music Videos.
FILM STUDIES:
At Cecil Jones College we offer a successful A Level in Film Studies. This course will take your interest, skills in observation, and analysis to deepen your understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of films - the major art form of the twentieth century. You will study film as a medium of communication, as an art form, as an important social force and as an industry. In particular this course will concentrate on the relationship between film and your response to it. You learn about the ways in which films are made and constructed to create meanings for the audience.
