This scheme of work is about the gorgeous story of A Monster Calls. The story is about Connor’s struggle with digesting and coming to terms with his mother’s cancer diagnosis and how he confides in the Monster to understand and cope with his feelings. Throughout this scheme, students build their understanding of the script through applying the style of physical theatre. In the scheme they will be using lifts, movement, and characterisation to create meaning for the audience. The aim of this is to broaden the KS3 curriculum, exposing students to current playwrights in the LGBTQ+ community, Patrick Ness, whilst also implicitly building the working combination of putting on a production in a particular style.

Easy to follow Stage Combat scheme of work aimed for year 9 students. 9 lessons in total. Full unit of work. Focus on Health and Safety of stage combat as well as learning particular moves and skills each lesson, building their sequence in pairs. They perform their stage combat scene at the end of the scheme as their performance assessment and then there is a theoretical test with multiple choice answers.