Help your Year 6 students make the transition to Secondary School by downloading and running this lesson exploring the role of homework and the importance of meeting deadlines through Drama. At Secondary School, students often find homework an issue. From their time at Primary students will be familiar with homework but they will not be prepared for the amount of homework they will be set or the consequences of not completing their homework. This lesson uses Drama to help Year 6 students learn about the role of homework in Secondary School and how important it is to keep up with deadlines. You can easily differentiate the resource or split it up into different activities to be used alongside your own planning and resources.

With this resources you will receive a well designed student guide and a high quality presentation for you to present to students and parents at Options Events run at your school. The presentation covers; The key skills that Drama builds and develops in young people and how important those skills are for future employers and university tutors. The basics of the AQA GCSE Drama course and what the students might expect to do on the course. There are opportunities here for you to add to the resource your own pictures, anecdotes and thoughts on the course that you offer. The job opportunities that are available to those who take GCSE Drama and highlights that with the skills offered in GCSE Drama, it can take you anywhere! The student guide gives students and parents the information they need to make an informed choice about GCSE Drama, the content of the course and the key employment skills developed by the subject.